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Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687, achieved the first great unification in physics and established classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and shares credit with the German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for formulating infinitesimal calculus, although he developed calculus years before Leibniz. Newton contributed to and refined the scientific method, and his work is considered the most influential in bringing forth modern science.
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809-1882)
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian and writer. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned eight decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Blue Planet II. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black-and-white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolution. Over his life, he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator and one Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Personality - Non-Daily.
Bill Bryson
American-British author (born 1951)
Brian Cox
English physicist and musician
Patrick Moore
English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923–2012)
Jacob Bronowski
Polish-born British mathematician (1908–1974)
Paul Davies
British physicist (1946-)
Jess Wade
British physicist, Wikimedian, and campaigner for gender inclusion in science
George Monbiot
English writer and political activist
Hannah Fry
British mathematician and TV presenter (1984-)
Jim Al-Khalili
British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster
Maggie Aderin
British space scientist
David Bellamy
English professor, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner (1933-2019)
Adam Tooze
British historian
Anne-Marie Imafidon
British-Nigerian child prodigy and STEM activist (born 1990)
Brady Haran
Australian video journalist
Siouxsie Wiles
New Zealand microbiologist
Brian M. Fagan
English archaeologist
Kate Devlin
British computer scientist, AI specialist
John Beddington
British biologist
Adam Rutherford
British geneticist, author, and broadcaster
Colin Tudge
British writer
Chris Packham
British naturalist
Aubrey Manning
zoologist, broadcaster
Heather Reid
British weather forecaster
Tamsin Edwards
British climate scientist (1979-)
Helen E. Roy
British ecologist and entomologist
Elise Andrew
British science blogger, creator of IFL Science