Famous Scientists and Their Discoveries

Who is known for formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation?

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Niels Bohr

• James Chadwick

Which scientist is credited with the discovery of radioactivity and was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

• Marie Curie

• Rosalind Franklin

• Rachel Carson

• Gregor Mendel

Who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system, suggesting that the Sun is at the center?

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Edwin Hubble

Which scientist is known as the "Father of Genetics" for his work on inheritance patterns in pea plants?

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Hooke

Who discovered the electron and proposed the "plum pudding" model of the atom?

• Ernest Rutherford

• J.J. Thomson

• John Dalton

• Niels Bohr

Which scientist developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

• James Hutton

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Watson & Crick

Who is credited with the discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic?

• Alexander Fleming

• Louis Pasteur

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

Which scientist's work led to the development of the periodic table, predicting the properties of elements?

• Dmitri Mendeleev

• Svante Arrhenius

• Henry Cavendish

• Thomas Edison

Who improved the telescope and supported the heliocentric model with his observations?

• Johannes Kepler

• Edwin Hubble

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Which scientist is known for discovering the double-helix structure of DNA along with Watson?

• Rosalind Franklin

• Marie Curie

• Rachel Carson

• Alexander Fleming