20 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > People > Scientists
Scientists
Scientists are people who study topics relating to hard sciences such as chemistry, biology and physics.
Industry: People
Add a new termContributors in Scientists
Scientists
Eugen Langen
People; Scientists
Eugen Langen (1833–1895) was a German entrepreneur, engineer and inventor, involved in the development of the petrol engine and the Wuppertal monorail. In 1857 he worked in his father's sugar ...
Max von Laue
People; Scientists
Max Theodor Felix von Laue (9 October 1879 – 24 April 1960) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. In addition ...
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
People; Scientists
Leibniz occupies a prominent place in the history of mathematics and the history of philosophy. He developed the infinitesimal calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and Leibniz's mathematical ...
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
People; Scientists
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1 July 1742 – 24 February 1799) was a German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to ...
Justus von Liebig
People; Scientists
Justus Freiherr von Liebig (12 May 1803 – 18 April 1873) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and worked on the organization of organic ...
Otto Lilienthal
People; Scientists
Otto Lilienthal (May 23, 1848 – August 10, 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the Glider King. He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful gliding ...
Alexander Lippisch
People; Scientists
Alexander Martin Lippisch (November 2, 1894 – February 11, 1976) was a German pioneer of aerodynamics. He made important contributions to the understanding of flying wings, delta wings and the ground ...
