Venkatraman Radhakrishnan
Venkatraman Radhakrishnan (18 May 1929 – 3 March 2011), was an internationally renowned Radio Astronomer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was Professor Emeritus of the …
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Prafulla Chandra Ray: Father of Indian Chemical Science
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861 – 1944), regarded as the Father of Indian Chemical Science was an eminent Bengali chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist. He established the first modern …
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Vikram Sarabhai: Father Of India’s Space Program
Vikram Sarabhai is an Indian physicist and astronomer. He spearheaded and helped start space research in India. He is therefore internationally known as the Father of the Indian Space Program. …
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Sir Isaac Newton: One Of The Greatest Physicist
Sir Isaac Newton, described as a natural philosopher in his days, was an English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. Newton is one of the most famous scientists till date (perhaps contended …
Meghnad Saha: One Of India’s Greatest Astrophysicist
Meghnad Saha, an Indian astrophysicist, is widely known for his eponymous Saha ionisation equation. His seminal work resulting in the thermal ionisation equation (Saha ionisation equation) has ushered in a …
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Rachel Carson: The Finest Nature Writer of Twentieth Century
The sedge is wither’d from the lake, And no birds sing — John KeatsLines that influenced the title of ‘Silent Spring’ Rachel Carson, an American marine biologist, author and conservationist, …
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Carl Sagan: A Pop Science Icon
I went to the librarian and asked for a book about stars; … And the answer was stunning. It was that the Sun was a star but really close. The …
STEM Story: Ronald Vale
Ronald Vale is a well-known American cell biologist and a biochemist, known for his work on motor proteins, in particular kinesin and dynein. He is currently a professor at the …
STEM Story: Juliana Spahr – A Scientific Illustrator
Juliana is a professional scientific illustrator and lecturer with a masters degree in scientific illustration from Maastricht University and Zuyd Hogeschool in the Netherlands. Juliana travels around the world giving …
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STEM Story: Natasha Barrett – A Geologist And An Isotope Geochemist
Natasha is a geologist, high-temperature isotope geochemist, and 2020 National Geographic Explorer who is researching the composition and evolution of Earth’s mantle lithosphere. Natasha holds a BSc in chemistry and …
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