Scientific Biographies
Science is a human pursuit. Meet some of the people who have contributed to the history of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.
Stephanie L. Kwolek
In a polymer research lab at DuPont, Kwolek discovered the super fiber known as Kevlar.
Frederick Grant Banting
1891 - 1941
Paul Berg
1926 - 2023
Charles Herbert Best
1899 - 1978
James Bertram Collip
1892 - 1965
Archibald Scott Couper
1831 - 1892
Francis Crick
1916 - 2004
Paul de Kruif
1890 - 1971
Gerhard Domagk
1895 - 1964
Rosalind Franklin
1920 - 1958
Fritz Haber
1868 - 1934
August Kekulé
1829 - 1896
John Macleod
1876 - 1935
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
1834 - 1907
Julius Lothar Meyer
1830 - 1895
Alfred Nobel
1833 - 1896
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
1900 - 1979
Joseph Priestley
1733 - 1804
Albert Bruce Sabin
1906 - 1993
Jonas Salk
1914 - 1995
James Watson
1928 - 2025
Maurice Wilkins
1916 - 2004
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