Great Names in Science
Find the men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science.
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Panoramix
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History
Science
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Great Names
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Game creation: 2020-04-11
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Over the centuries, many scientists have improved our perception of the world. Here they are.
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He helped found the modern probability theory and invented the first calculating machine at the age of 19.
Christian Huygens | Blaise Pascal | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | Pierre-Simon de Laplace -
This Greek mathematician from Alexandria lived around 300 BC is considered the father of geometry.
Pythagoras | Thales | Euclid | Hipparchus -
This American biologist developed the first oral contraceptive, the contraceptive pill, marketed in 1960.
Carl Djerassi | George Rosenkranz | Russell Marker | Gregory Pincus -
He invented the Web in 1991 when he created a server using hyperlinks and a browser that could read them.
Tim Berners-Lee | Bill Gates | Linus Torvalds | Marc Andreessen -
Inventor of the mercury thermometer, he added it a graduation scale in order to accurately assess the temperature.
Daniel Fahrenheit | René Antoine de Réaumur | Anders Celsius | Christiaan Huygens
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| Earnings | Players |
| 5948 | Miche |
| 3832 | Matrix |
| 3408 | Virginie79 |
| 2428 | Irma |
| 1964 | Savancosinus |
| 1703 | Felix |
| 1636 | Titan |
| 1611 | Yoda |
| 1278 | zumba |
| 1196 | Nickie |
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| Rating | Players |
| 4.78 | alibaba |
| 4.77 | Titan |
| 4.56 | coucou |
| 3.77 | AtoZ |
| 3.72 | jacquesL |
| 3.18 | Balloney |
| 3.16 | Savancosinus |
| 1.93 | Mulligan18 |
| 1.71 | flash |
| 1.70 | matt44 |
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