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  2. List of important publications in chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Description: This book explained Dalton's theory of atoms and its applications to chemistry. Importance: The book was one of the first to describe a modern atomic theory, a theory that lies at the basis of modern chemistry. [3]: 251 It is the first to introduce a table of atomic and molecular weights.

  3. Linus Pauling - Wikipedia

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    [177] [178] His description reads: "A remarkably versatile scientist, structural chemist Linus Pauling (1901–1994) won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the nature of the chemical bond linking atoms into molecules. His work in establishing the field of molecular biology; his studies of hemoglobin led to the classification of ...

  4. List of chemists - Wikipedia

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    Francesco Bellini (born 1947), research scientist, doctor in organic chemistry Andrey Belozersky (1905–1972), Soviet biologist and biochemist, doctor in biological sciences Ruth R. Benerito (1916–2013), American chemist known for inventions relating to textiles

  5. Stephen Hawking - Wikipedia

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    The book was published in April 1988 in the US and in June in the UK, and it proved to be an extraordinary success, rising quickly to the top of best-seller lists in both countries and remaining there for months. [151] [152] [153] The book was translated into many languages, [154] and as of 2009, has sold an estimated 9 million copies. [153]

  6. List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field

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    The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.

  7. Robert Boyle - Wikipedia

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    Robert Boyle FRS [2] (/ b ɔɪ l /; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish [3] natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor. Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method.

  8. Oxford Portraits in Science - Wikipedia

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    Oxford Portraits in Science is a collection of biographies of famous scientists for young adults edited by the Harvard University astronomer Owen Gingerich. [1] Each book portrays the life and personality of an eminent scientist, and the thought processes by which they made their discoveries.

  9. Lists of important publications in science - Wikipedia

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    Title page of the 1859 Murray edition of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.. Lists of important publications in science cover publications in various fields of science that have introduced a major new topic, made a significant advance in knowledge or have significantly influenced the world.