Marie Curie and The Science of Radioactivity. AlanTuring.net. Biography.com. Einstein Archives Online. The Galileo Project. Scientific American 2003 Sci-Tech Web Awards GREAT MINDS. The Galileo Project Galileo Galilei was definitely that guy in your high school science class who always knew the answer, begged for extra credit, maybe graduated early¿you know the type.
Leave it to the tireless team of researchers at Rice University to document every minute detail of the famous Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician¿s life (1564-1642¿fine, maybe a couple of years before you hit high school), from his early pendulum discoveries to his later telescope developments and ultimate house arrest during the Inquisition for sticking to his then-heretical Copernican beliefs. He may have been a step or two ahead of his peers--and thank goodness! It¿s impossible to even consider where we¿d be today without his super-smarts. Albert Einstein Go beyond E=MC2 in ways you never dreamed. Alfred Russel Wallace Marie Curie Polish-born Marie Curie, founder of polonium and radium, was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. Alan Turing Next: MATHEMATICS.