HAWKINGhistoryAbriefof
timeForget your telescope– allyouneedis thishandyguidetospotsomescientificsuperstarsAlbertEinstein
Oneoftheworld’smostrecognisable
scientists,hisequationE=mc^2 is almost
asfamousasheis – relativelyspeaking.StephenHawking
Inbrief:oneoftheworld’smostwell
knownscientists...andgueststaron
StarTrekandTheSimpsons.Vera Rubin
It took years for this astrophysicist
trailblazer’s work to be taken seriously.
A very dark matter indeed.Rosalind Franklin
Franklin’s X-rays were u sed by others to
confirm their theories about DNA’s shape
- and to win the Nobel Prize without her.
Michael Faraday
Invented the Bunsen burner, discovered
elements and electromagnetism and
transformed chlorine gas into liquid.AdaLovelace
Encouragedtostudysciencetodifferfrom
herpoetdad,LordByron,shesketchedout
earlycomputerprograms.IsaacNewton
WouldRestorationscientistNewtonbeso
famou swithouttheapple?If weevermet
him ,we’dcon siderthatwithg reatg ravit y.TimBerners-Lee
Thiscomputerscientisthascasthisnet
overusall,thankstotheinventionof
theWorldWideWeb 30 yearsago.MarieCurie
Durin gW W I,doubleNobelwinnerCurie
broughtmobileX-rayambulancestothe
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