Home›Life Sciences›Era›By Century›20th centuryBrowse By20th centuryThis dimension groups scientists by the era in which they worked. Wikipedia notes that "it was not until the 19th century that the term scientist came into regular use," a term coined long after many of the people the atlas now calls scientists had already done their work. 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Greider20th centuryCésar Milstein20th centuryCheikh Anta Diop20th centuryChinmoy Sankar Dey20th centuryChristian de Duve20th centuryClaude Levi-Strauss20th centuryDavid Baltimore20th centuryDerek Freeman20th centuryDilip Mahalanabis20th centuryDonald Johanson20th centuryDorothy Hodgkin20th centuryE. O. Wilson20th centuryElizabeth Blackburn20th centuryElwyn Welch20th centuryEmile Zuckerkandl20th centuryErnst Boris Chain20th centuryErnst Mayr20th centuryEugene Odum20th centuryFrank Fenner20th centuryFrederick Sanger20th centuryGeerat J. Vermeij20th centuryGeorge Emil Palade20th centuryH. Robert Horvitz20th centuryHar Gobind Khorana20th centuryHayat Sindi20th centuryHayk Mirzayans20th centuryHoward Temin20th centuryHugh Huxley20th centuryJ. Craig Venter20th centuryJ. W. Kebabian20th centuryJack W. Szostak20th centuryJacques Miller20th centuryJames Lovelock20th centuryJane Goodall20th centuryJeffrey I. Gordon20th centuryShowing 1 to 50 of 105, page 1 of 3.123Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Branches of sciencetier 2WikipediaBranches of science, lead and Natural science sectionsQuote, Branches of science, lead and Natural science sectionsNatural science can be divided into two main branches: life science and physical science. Life science is alternatively known as biology, and physical science is subdivided into branches: physics, chemistry, astronomy and Earth science.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.