ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY HUMANIST FAMILY BRAIN STUDY TEN MOST INFLUENTIAL SCIENTISTS IN HUMAN HISTORY Ranked by Name and Century of Discovery or Invention 21st Century (2001-2100) Note: Within each century bracket, the scientists are listed by their death date, the latest at the top of each bracket. 20th Century (1901-2000) 3 - BOHR 10/7/1885 - 11/18/1962 Understood the Atom 2 - EINSTEIN 3/14/1879 - 4/18/1955 Understood the Ideas of Relativity and Photons of Light 6 - FREUD 5/6/1856 - 9/23/1939 Understood the Importance of the Unconscious 19th Century (1801-1900) 5 - PASTEUR 12/27/1822 - 12/28/1895 Understood the Germ Theory of Disease 4 -DARWIN 2/12/1809 - 4/19/1882 Explained Evolution by Natural Selection 18th Century (1701-1800) 8 - LAVOISIER 8/26/1743 - 5/8/1794 Organized the Science of Chemistry 1 - NEWTON 1/4/1643 - 3/31/1727 Understood Gravity and the Laws of Motion 17th Century (1601-1700) 7 - GALILEO 2/15/1564 - 1/8/1642 Explained the Solar System 9 - KEPLER 12/27/1571 - 11/15/1630 Understood the Motion of the Planets 16th Century (1501-1600) 10 - COPERNICUS 2/19/1473 - 5/24/1543 Discovered the Heliocentric Universe instantly go to: CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISE: REMEMBERING THE TEN MOST INFLUENTIAL SCIENTISTS IN HISTORY or instantly return to: ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY INDEX produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas™