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Barbara McClintock
Genetics
Transposable Elements
John Nash
Mathematics/Economics
Nash Equilibrium
Ada Lovelace
Computer Science
First Computer Programmer
James Clerk Maxwell
Physics
Maxwell's Equations
Rachel Carson
Environmental Science
Environmental Conservation
Erwin Schrödinger
Physics
Schrödinger Equation
Alan Turing
Computer Science
Turing Machine
Emmy Noether
Mathematics
Noether's Theorem
Louis Pasteur
Microbiology
Germ Theory of Disease
Lise Meitner
Physics
Nuclear Fission
Leonardo da Vinci
Various
Scientific Discoveries
Max Planck
Physics
Quantum Theory
Grace Hopper
Computer Science
COBOL Programming Language
Gregor Mendel
Genetics
Laws of Inheritance
Aristotle
Philosophy/Science
Aristotelian Physics
Stephen Hawking
Physics
Black Hole Radiation
Rosalind Franklin
Chemistry/Biochemistry
X-ray Crystallography
Alexander Fleming
Microbiology
Penicillin Antibiotic
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Medicine/Philosophy
Canon of Medicine
Ibn al-Nafis
Medicine
Pulmonary Circulation
Al-Khwarizmi
Mathematics/Astronomy
Algebra/Algorithm
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Medicine/Chemistry
Chemical Medicine
Al-Kindi (Alkindus)
Philosophy/Science
Islamic Neoplatonism
Euclid
Mathematics
Euclidean Geometry
Archimedes
Mathematics/Physics/Engineering
Archimedes' Principle
Ptolemy
Astronomy/Mathematics/Geography
Geocentric Model of the Universe
Hypatia
Mathematics/Astronomy/Philosophy
Neoplatonism
Brahmagupta
Mathematics/Astronomy
Brahmagupta's Theorem
Aryabhata
Astronomy/Mathematics
Aryabhata's System
Bhaskara I
Astronomy/Mathematics
Bhaskara's Formula
Al-Khwarizmi
Mathematics/Astronomy
Algebra/Algorithm
Al-Kindi (Alkindus)
Philosophy/Science
Islamic Neoplatonism
Al-Farabi (Alpharabius)
Philosophy/Science
Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Medicine/Philosophy
Canon of Medicine
Ibn al-Nafis
Medicine
Pulmonary Circulation
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Medicine/Chemistry
Chemical Medicine
Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
Physics/Optics
Scientific Method
Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
Medicine/Surgery
Surgical Instruments
Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber)
Chemistry/Alchemy
Father of Chemistry
Ibn Battuta
Geography/Exploration
Travels of Ibn Battuta
Ibn Khaldun
History/Sociology
Muqaddimah
Al-Biruni
Astronomy/Mathematics
Measurement of Earth and Planets
Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
Medicine/Philosophy
Averroism
Ibn al-Shatir
Astronomy
Lunar and Solar Models
Al-Masudi
Geography/History
Meadows of Gold
Ibn al-Baitar
Botany/Pharmacology
Kitab al-Jāmiʿ li-mufradāt al-adwiya wa al-aghdhiya
Al-Zarqali (Arzachel)
Astronomy/Mathematics
Toledan Tables
Al-Muradi
Physics/Music
Theory of Music
Al-Tusi
Astronomy/Mathematics
Tusi Couple/Al-Tusi's Theorem
Al-Majriti (Geber)
Chemistry/Alchemy
Classification of Chemical Substances
Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar)
Medicine
Clinical Observation and Diagnosis
Al-Ghazali
Theology/Philosophy
Ihya ulum al-din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences)
Al-Hasan Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
Physics/Optics
Alhazen's Problem
Ibn Yūnus
Astronomy/Mathematics
Hakimites Astronomical Tables
Ibn al-Shahna
Medicine
Book on the Cause of the Strangeness of the Waters
Ibn al-Jazzar
Medicine
Kitab al-Qawanin (The Book of Laws)
Ibn al-Kuff
Mathematics/Astronomy
Epicyclic Model of the Planets
Al-Khazini
Physics/Astronomy
Density and Buoyancy
Ibn Yunus al-Masri
Astronomy/Mathematics
Hakimites Astronomical Tables
Al-Battani (Albategnius)
Astronomy/Mathematics
Albategnius Tables
Ibn al-Nadim
Bibliography
Al-Fihrist
Al-Mahani
Mathematics
The Polygonal Theorem
Diophantus
Mathematics
Diophantine Equations
Al-Sijzi
Astronomy/Mathematics
Sine Table and Trigonometry
Muhammad al-Buzjani
Mathematics
Trigonometry and Astrolabe
Omar Khayyam
Mathematics/Astronomy/Philosophy
Khayyam-Saccheri Quadrilateral
Ibn al-Haytham
Optics/Mathematics
Optics/Scientific Method
Al-Farabi (Alpharabius)
Philosophy/Science
Al-Farabi's Theories
Leonhard Euler
Mathematics
Euler's Formula
Bernhard Riemann
Mathematics
Riemann Hypothesis
Kurt Gödel
Mathematics/Logic
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems
John von Neumann
Mathematics/Computer Science
Game Theory
Alan Turing
Computer Science/Mathematics
Turing Machine
Claude Shannon
Mathematics/Information Theory
Shannon's Entropy
Andrey Kolmogorov
Mathematics/Probability Theory
Kolmogorov Complexity
Benoit Mandelbrot
Mathematics/Fractal Geometry
Mandelbrot Set
John Nash
Mathematics/Economics
Nash Equilibrium
Paul Samuelson
Economics/Mathematics
Modern Portfolio Theory
Fischer Black
Economics/Finance
Black-Scholes Model
Myron Scholes
Economics/Finance
Black-Scholes Model
Robert C. Merton
Economics/Finance
Black-Scholes Model
Harry Markowitz
Economics/Finance
Modern Portfolio Theory
William Sharpe
Economics/Finance
Sharpe Ratio
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Finance/Probability
Black Swan Theory
John Bollinger
Finance/Mathematics
Bollinger Bands
Eugene Fama
Finance/Economics
Efficient Market Hypothesis
Robert J. Shiller
Finance/Economics
Irrational Exuberance
Richard Thaler
Economics/Behavioral Science
Behavioral Finance
Edward Thorp
Finance/Mathematics
Beat the Dealer (Card Counting)
John Maynard Keynes
Economics
Keynesian Economics
Milton Friedman
Economics
Monetarism
Friedrich Hayek
Economics/Political Science
Austrian Business Cycle Theory
Amos Tversky
Psychology/Economics
Prospect Theory
Daniel Kahneman
Psychology/Economics
Prospect Theory
Robert Shiller
Economics/Finance
Irrational Exuberance
John Hull
Finance
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives
Kenneth Arrow
Economics
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
Thomas Bayes
Mathematics/Statistics
Bayesian Statistics
David Ricardo
Economics
Comparative Advantage
Louis Bachelier
Mathematics/Finance
Bachelier Model