The HISTORY of SCIENCE
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1953 The Discovery of DNA: Crick, Watson, Wilkins & Franklin
1867-1934 Michael & Marie Curie and the understanding of radioactivity
1845-1923 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and the discovery of X-rays
1795-1804 Nicolas Appert and his invention of airtight food preservation
1791-1867 Michael Faraday: the "father" of electricity
  The Discovery of Calculus and the "Calculus Controversy"  
1769-1859 Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt. "father" of ecology & environmentalism  
287 - 212 BC Archimedes - one of the greatest mathematicians in history