Sadako Sasaki

Sadako Sasaki was two years old on August 6th, 1945 when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on her home

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Archimedes

Archimedes is often considered the world’s greatest scientist—certainly the greatest scientist of ancient times.

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David Brooks

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A. J. Musti

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Albert Einstein

Biography March 14, 1879: Born in Ulm, Germany. Full name is Hans Albert Einstein. Very imaginative and dreamy as a child. Was considered a poor and disobedient student in school because he asked too many questions. Always enjoyed spending time alone, hiking in the woods, and thinking. Enjoyed playing the violin. Loved learning math. Studied in Milan, Italy, where his curiosity and questions were welcome. Wrote several scientific papers at an early age, but they were ignored due to his youth.

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Anonymous

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Bertrand Russell

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Rube Goldberg Machine

Rube Goldberg Rube Goldberg was an American Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor, and his work is a classic example of the melding of art and science. He began his career as an engineer, but soon focused on cartooning. Rube Goldberg’s artwork mocked society’s fixation on technology. His most popular drawings depict complex gadgets that performed even the simplest tasks in convoluted, elaborate ways, known as Rube Goldberg Machines.

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Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday was the greatest experimentalist in electricity and magnetism of the 19th century and one of the greatest experimental physicists of all time. He is known as the ‘Father of Electricity’.

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James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell (1831 - 1879) Scientists of the Royal Society of Edinburgh must have been stunned to discover that the paper submitted to them in 1845 was the work of a 14-year-old boy. James Clerk Maxwell’s first scientific paper, “On the Description of Oval Curves", marked the beginning of an impressive career in science. Maxwell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 13, 1831. His family’s original name was Clerk.

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