Top famous Scientists biography, month of April born Scientists, Scientists facts

Hi Folks ,Here are a few famous scientists born in the month of April 

                     Sophia Germain

Birthday: April 1, 1776

Birthplace: France

Fields: Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy

Trivia: Germain’s work on Fermat’s Last Theorem laid a foundation for other mathematicians who were exploring the subject for years.

Honours: Germain was the first woman to win the Mathematics Prize awarded by the French Academy of Prizes.

Known for: Her notable contribution to the study of acoustics, number and elasticity theories. 

                  Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty

 Birthday: April 4, 1938 

Birthplace: India

Fields: Microbiology 

Trivia: In 2008, Chakrabarty co-founded his second bio-pharmaceutical company called Amrita Therapeutics to develop therapies and vaccines to treat cancer.

Honours: Scientist of the Year Award by the Industrial Research Organisation of the United States (1975), Golden Eurydice Award (2007) and Padma Shri (2007).

Known for: Chakrabarty’s remarkable role in genetically engineering a new species of Pseudomonas bacteria (oil-eating bacteria) in 1971 opened gates to the world of genetics and nuclei.

              Robert Burns Woodward

Birthday: April 10, 1917 

Birthplace: United States of America 

Fields: Organic Chemistry

Trivia: Woodward worked closely with Roald Hoffmann in synthesising vitamin B-12 and formulated the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules. 

Honours: ForMemRs (1956), Davy Medal (1959), National Medal of Science (1964), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1965), Willard Gibbs Award (1967), and Copley Medal (1978).

Known for: Woodward is known for organic synthesising of cholesterol and chlorophyll, Woodward cis-hydroxylation, and molecular structure determination. 

                        

                        Leonardo da Vinci

Birthday: April 15, 1452 

Birthplace: Italy 

Fields: Renaissance art, music and architecture, Mathematics and Science

Trivia: Known as the greatest painters of all time, Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and the iconic Vitruvian Man.

Honours: Though he didn’t receive any awards during his lifetime, the Leonardo da Vinci Award was established by the Rotary Club of Florence in 1975 to honour outstanding young people in the field of science, technology, literature, and the arts. 

Known for: Vinci is recognised as the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture. His sketches of the flying machine and other scientific futuristic technologies often credit him with the invention of the parachute, and helicopter  

                       Carl Friedrich Gauss

Birthday: April 30, 1777

Birthplace: Germany

Fields: Mathematics, physics, astronomy, and writing 

Trivia: When Gauss was just 21 years old, he wrote a book on number theory called the Disquisitiones Arithmeticae. For this, he was nicknamed as “Princeps mathematicoru” and “greatest mathematician since antiquity”

Honours: Lalande Prize (1809) and Copley Medal (1838)

Known for: Gauss is known for his contributions to the field of mathematics and science. His gave the world the Gauss Law for Magnetism and degaussing. 

So, which scientist do you share your birthday with? 

Do tell us about your favorite scientists and how they have inspired you.

MARCH month birthday Scientists biography in Tamil and English , 3 rd month Albert Einstein Scientists biography

Here are a few famous scientists born in the month of March

                     1. Edward Condon

Born: 02 March 1902

Profession: Nuclear physicist

Honours: Frederic Ives Medal (1968)

Known for: His significant contributions in the development of radar and nuclear weapons during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project

                  2.Alexander Graham Bell 

Born: 03 March 1847

Profession: Scientist, inventor, engineer, and an innovator

Honours: John Fritz Medal (1907), Elliott Cresson Medal (1912), Hughes Medal (1913), and IEEE Edison Medal (1914)

Known for: Inventing and patenting the first practical telephone on March 10, 1876. He also founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885, along with graphophone and twisted-pair cabling.

                       3. Albert Einstein

Born: 14 March 1879

Profession: Theoretical physicist

Honours: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921), Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society (1926), and Max-Planck Medal (1929)

Known for: His contributions to science, particularly his general and special theory of relativity, his mass–energy equivalence formula E= mc², along with inventing the Einstein refrigerator.

                   4. Kalpana Chawla 

Born: 17 March 1962

Profession: Astronaut and an engineer

Honours: Congressional Space Medal of Honor (2004), NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2003), and NASA Space Flight Medal

Known for: She is the first female astronaut from India.

                      5.Emmy Noether 

Born: 23 March 1882

Profession: Mathematician

Honours: Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award (1932)

Known for: A leading mathematician of her time, she made important contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics and developed the theories of rings, fields, and algebras.

                        6. Ann Kiessling 

Born: 29 March 1942

Profession: Biologist and an inventor

Honours: Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award for Biotechnology and Medicine (2009), Central Washington University Distinguished Alumni Award (2010), and an Honorary Doctorate in Cell and Molecular Biology, Oregon State University (2014)

Known for: Discovering the reverse transcription activity in normal human cells. She is the founder of the Special Program of Assisted Reproduction, New England.