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. Browsing by era lets a visitor compare scientists active in the same period.Facts20th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonBranch NatureWell-attestedNatural Science 120th centuryFilter Results41 entriesDisciplineAllAnthropology (3)Biochemistry (4)Biology (5)Ecology (2)Immunology (2)Virology (3)Field (legacy)AllAnthropology (3)Biochemistry (3)Biochemistry / Virology (1)biochemistry, antibody research (1)Biochemistry; protein and nucleic acid sequencing (1)Cell biology (1)Chemistry; X-ray crystallography of biochemical molecules (1)Cytology and Biochemistry (1)Ecology and environmental science (1)Ecosystem ecology (1)Genetics and Virology (1)History, anthropology, and physics (1)Immunology (2)Microbiology (1)Molecular Biology and Virology (1)Palaeoanthropology and archaeology (1)Paleoanthropology (2)Paleontology and evolutionary biology (1)Paleontology, particularly the evolution of trilobites (1)Virology and cancer research (1)Zoology and evolutionary biology, particularly ethology (1)InstitutionAllAmerican Anthropological Association (1)American Museum of Natural History (1)Columbia University (1)Ecological Society of America (1)In GroupAllBiochemistry (5)Ecology And Evolutionary Biology (7)Genetics And Molecular Biology (9)Microbiology (4)Neuroscience (4)Other Life Scientists (8)Physiology And Medicine (4)NationalityAllArgentina (1)Belgium (1)Denmark (1)India (1)Kenya (1)Senegal (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (4)BrowseCompareSelect all 41Alexander Rich20th centuryAllan Wilson20th centuryCarl Woese20th centuryCésar Milstein20th centuryCheikh Anta Diop20th centuryChristian de Duve20th centuryClaude Levi-Strauss20th centuryDavid Baltimore20th centuryDerek Freeman20th centuryDonald Johanson20th centuryDorothy Hodgkin20th centuryE. O. Wilson20th centuryEmile Zuckerkandl20th centuryEugene Odum20th centuryFrederick Sanger20th centuryGeorge Emil Palade20th centuryHoward Temin20th centuryJames Lovelock20th centuryJane Goodall20th centuryJonas Salk20th centuryKamala Sohonie20th centuryKary Mullis20th centuryLouis Leakey20th centuryLuis Federico Leloir20th centuryLynn Margulis20th centuryMargaret Mead20th centuryMark Stoneking20th centuryMary Leakey20th centuryMotoo Kimura20th centuryNiels Kaj Jerne20th centuryNiles Eldredge20th centuryPeter Medawar20th centuryRachel Carson20th centuryRebecca Cann20th centuryRenato Dulbecco20th centuryRichard Dawkins20th centuryStanley B. Prusiner20th centuryStephen Jay Gould20th centuryW. D. Hamilton20th centuryWangari Maathai20th centuryWendell Stanley20th centurySources1. 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.