Facts on Jewish American scientists
John von Neumann
Was a Hungarian-American mathematician who made major contributions to a vast range of fields.
10 facts about John von NeumannHans Bethe
Was a German-born American theoretical physicist who is credited as one fo the founders of quantum physics.
10 facts about Hans BetheGertrude Belle Elion
Was an American pharmacologist and biochemist who was famous for her scientific discovery of drugs to treat leukemia and herpes and to prevent the rejection of kidney transplants.
10 facts about Gertrude Belle ElionJ. Robert Oppenheimer
Was an American nuclear theoretical physicist and science administrator also known as the “father of the atomic bomb”.
10 facts about J. Robert OppenheimerEdward Teller
Was a Hungarian-born American nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the production of the first atomic bomb as well as the world’s first thermonuclear weapon, Hydrogen bomb.
10 facts about Edward TellerJonas Salk
Was an American medical researcher and virologist.
10 facts about Jonas SalkAlbert Abraham Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson was an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley experiment
10 facts about Albert Abraham MichelsonCarl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences
10 facts about Carl SaganDavid Bohm
was an American theoretical physicist who contributed innovative and unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, philosophy of mind, and neuropsychology
10 facts about David BohmEdwin Herbert Land
was an American scientist and inventor
10 facts about Edwin Herbert LandGerty Theresa Cori
was an American biochemist who became the third woman—and first American woman—to win a Nobel Prize in science
10 facts about Gerty Theresa CoriWolfgang Ernst Pauli
An Austrian theoretical physicist.
10 facts about Wolfgang Ernst Pauli