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In this class, you are allowed to write about scientists who are no longer living, but you are encouraged to write about scientists who are still living! This will help add to our collective body of knowledge about science and scientists.

Many living scientists may not have much formally published in terms of biographical information at this time in their lives. You may need to get creative in what information sources you're reviewing. In addition to their guidelines on Reliable Sources, Wikipedia also has guidelines for Biographies of living persons, with three core content policies. Wikipedia suggests that content on living persons should be:

• written from a neutral point of view
• verifiable
• not original research.

To reduce random Googling, the following types of sources are generally considered reliable and verifiable:

• Institutional Faculty Websites - can often be found by Googling faculty's name and institution
• Wikipedia - but check the sources they are using, and don't use it without LibKey Nomad installed in your browser!
• ORCID - Persistent research identifier. If faculty are using this, it will have biographical details like degrees and institutions
• Google Scholar Profile
• Scholar profile

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  Recommended book – 100 Scientists Who Shaped World History at Amazon.

  • The story of chemists, physicists, biologists and remarkable scientists who increased our grasp of almost everything around us.

  A list of the top 10 scientists of all time with short profiles on their most significant achievements.

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  1. Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726) Newton was a polymath who made investigations into a whole range of subjects including mathematics, optics, physics, and astronomy. In his Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, he laid the foundations for classical mechanics, explaining the law of gravity and the laws of motion.

  2. Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) Pasteur contributed greatly towards the advancement of medical sciences developing cures for rabies, anthrax and other infectious diseases. Also invented the process of pasteurisation to make milk safer to drink. He probably saved more lives than any other person.

  3. Galileo (1564–1642) Creating one of the first modern telescopes, Galileo revolutionised our understanding of the world, successfully proving the Earth revolves around the Sun and not the other way around. His work Two New Sciences laid the groundwork for the science of Kinetics and strength of materials.

  4. Marie Curie (1867–1934) Polish physicist and