Home›Physics›Field›AstronomyBrowse ByAstronomyThis dimension names the field a scientist is remembered for even when their own career spanned much more. Wikipedia notes that Thales "was arguably the first scientist for describing how cosmic events may be seen as natural, not necessarily caused by gods," a single insight that defines his legacy above all else. Browsing this way collects every scientist remembered chiefly for the same field.AstronomyComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)AstronomyFilter Results23 entriesDisciplineAllAstronomy (5)Astrophysics (3)Biology (1)Cosmology (1)Geophysics (1)Mathematics (2)Physics (18)EraAll965 (1)1564 (1)1629 (1)1635 (1)1673 (1)1803 (1)1905 (1)1908 (1)1911 (1)1916 (1)1931 (1)1932 (1)1935 (1)1936 (2)1940 (1)1942 (1)1943 (1)1947 (1)1950 (1)1952 (1)1957 (1)1966 (1)NationalityAllAbbasid Caliphate (1)Austria (1)Canada (1)Germany (2)Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1)Italy (1)Netherlands (1)Sweden (1)Switzerland (2)United Kingdom (4)United States (11)InstitutionAllAcademie des Sciences (1)American Association for the Advancement of Science (1)American Physical Society (4)Bell Labs (1)Columbia University (1)Cornell University (1)King's College London (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4)Max Planck Society (1)National Academy of Sciences (3)Princeton University (2)Royal Astronomical Society (1)Royal Society (1)University of California, Berkeley (1)University of California, San Diego (1)University of Geneva (1)University of Padua (1)University of Vienna (1)In GroupAllAstrophysics And Cosmology (8)Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics (3)Classical And Theoretical Physicists Before 1900 (5)Classical And Theoretical Physicists Since 1950 (3)Classical And Theoretical Physicists, 1900 to 1949 (1)Other Physics (1)Particle And High-Energy Physics (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 23Alan GuthAstronomyBarry BarishAstronomyBruno RossiAstronomyChristiaan HuygensAstronomyChristian DopplerAstronomyDidier QuelozAstronomyGalileo GalileiAstronomyGeorge GrahamAstronomyHannes AlfvénAstronomyHerbert FriedmanAstronomyIbn al-HaythamAstronomyJames PeeblesAstronomyJocelyn Bell BurnellAstronomyKip ThorneAstronomyLuis Walter AlvarezAstronomyLyman PageAstronomyMichel MayorAstronomyRainer WeissAstronomyReinhard GenzelAstronomyRobert HookeAstronomyRobert Woodrow WilsonAstronomyRoger PenroseAstronomyRussell A. HulseAstronomyComments (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.