Photo Credits from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography (original) (raw)

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Abbe, Ernst (1840-1905): MacTutor
Abel, Niels Henrik (1802-1829): MacTutor
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892): MacTutor
Airy, George (1801-1892): MacTutor
Al-Khwarizmi, Muhammed ibn Musa (ca. 780-ca. 850): MacTutor
Albertus Magnus (1193-1280): MacTutor
Ampère, André (1775-1836): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Appell, Paul Emile (1855-1930): Special functions poster
Appleton, Edward V. (1892-1965): Hey, J. S. The Evolution of Radio Astronomy. p. 75
Arago, Dominique (1786-1853): MacTutor
Archimedes of Syracuse (ca. 287-ca. 212 BC): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Aristotle of Stagira (384-322 BC): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Armstrong, Edwin (1890-1954): Lewis, T. Empire of the Air. p. 118f.
Arnol'd, Vladimir: Oleg's newspaper clipping
Arrhenius, Svante (1859-1927): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Asclepius (ca. 1200 BC): Lindberg, D.C The Beginning of Western Science. p. 112.
Baade, Walter (1893-1960): Sullivan. The Early Years of Radio Astronomy. p. 74
Babbage, Charles (1791-1871): http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/figures/babbage.jpg
Bacon, Roger (1220-1292): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Barnes, Ernest (1874-1953): Special functions poster
Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677): ?
Bateman, Harry (1882-1944): Special functions poster
Bell, Eric Temple (1883-1960): Bell, E. T. Mathematics: Queen & Servant of Science. Frontispiece.
Bernard, Claude (1813-1878): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Bernoulli, Daniel (1700-1782): O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 458.
Bernoulli, Jakob (1654-1705): MacTutor
Bernoulli, Johann (1667-1748): MacTutor
Bertrand, Joseph Louis Francois (1822-1900): MacTutor
Berzelius, Jöns (1779-1848): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Bessel, Friedrich (1784-1846): MacTutor
Bethe, Hans Albrecht (1906-): http://www.nobel.se/
Betti, Enrico (1823-1892): MacTutor
Bhabha, Homi Jehangir (1909-1966): Frisch, O. What Little I Remember. p. 54
Biot, Jean-Baptiste (1774-1862): MacTutor
Birkhoff, George David (1884-1944): MacTutor
Blackett, Patrick (1897-1974): Frisch, O. What Little I Remember. p. 71
Boethius, Anicius (480-524): MacTutor
Bohr, Aage Niels (1922-): Frisch, O. What Little I Remember. p. 182; http://www.nobel.se/
Bohr, Harald August (1887-1951): MacTutor
Bohr, Niels (1885-1962): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Bok, Bart J. (1906-1983): Hey, J. S. The Evolution of Radio Astronomy. p. 127.
Bolton, John Gatenby (1922-1993): Hey, J. S. The Evolution of Radio Astronomy. p. 75
Boltzmann, Ludwig (1844-1906): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Bolyai, Farkas (or Wolfgang) (1775-1856): MacTutor
Bolyai, Janos (1802-1860): MacTutor
Bolzano, Bernhard (1781-1848): MacTutor
Boole, George (1815-1864): MacTutor
Borel, Emile (1871-1956): MacTutor
Born, Max (1882-1970): MacTutor
Bose, Satyendranath (1894-1974): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 660f, 1976.
Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838): MacTutor
Bowen, Edward George (1911-1991): Hey, J. S. The Evolution of Radio Astronomy. p. 76
Boyle, Robert (1627-1691): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.. O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 471.
Bragg, Lawrence William (1891-1971): Watson, J. D. The Double Helix. p. 72f.
Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601): MacTutor
Brillouin, Léon (1889-1969): MacTutor
Brouwer, Luitzen (1881-1966): MacTutor
Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600): Davis, P. J. and Hersch, R. The Mathematical Experience. p. 100.
Buffon, Georges, Comte de (1707-1788): MacTutor
Cantor, Georg (1845-1918): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 158f.
Carathéodory, Constantin (1873-1950): Zemansky. Heat and Thermodynamics. Inside cover
Cardano, Gerolamo (1501-1576): Boyer, C. B. A History of Mathematics, 2nd ed. p. 285. Davis, P. J. and Hersch, R. The Mathematical Experience. p. 196.
Carnot, Lazare (1753-1823): MacTutor
Carnot, Sadi (1796-1832): Asimov, Saslaw's thermodynamics book
Cartan, Élie (1869-1951): MacTutor
Carver, George Washington (1860-1943): Encyclopedia Britannica Website
Casimir, Hendrik Bugt (1909-2000): Frisch, O. What Little I Remember. p. 85
Cassini, Giovanni (1625-1712): MacTutor
Cauchy, Augustin (1789-1857): MacTutor
Cavalieri, Bonaventura (1598-1647): MacTutor
Cavendish, Henry (1731-1810): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Cayley, Arthur (1821-1895): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 166f.
Chandrasekhar, Subramanyan (1910-1995): Wali, K. C. Chandra. Front cover.
Chasles, Michel (1793-1880): MacTutor
Chebyshev, Pafnuty (1821-1894): MacTutor
Christodoulou, Demetrios (1951-): http://www.ams.org/notices/199904/comm-bocher-prz.pdf
Christoffel, Elwin (1882-1935): MacTutor
Clairaut, Alexis (1713-1765): MacTutor
Clausius, Rudolf (1822-1888): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Clavius, Christoph (1537-1612): MacTutor
Clifford, William (1845-1879): MacTutor
Copernicus, Nicholaus (1473-1543): O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 309. Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Cotes, Roger (1682-1716): MacTutor
Coulomb, Charles (1736-1806): MacTutor
Crelle, August (1780-1856): MacTutor
Cremona, Luigi (1830-1903): MacTutor
Crick, Francis (1916-): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Curie, Marie (1867-1934): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Curtis, Heber Doust (1872-1942): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 660f, 1976.
Cuvier, Georges (1769-1832): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
d'Alembert, Jean-le-Rond (1717-1783): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 132f.
Da Vinci, Leonardo (1452-1519): O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 131
Dalton, John (1766-1844): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Dandelin, Germinal-Pierre (1794-1847): http://www.bib.ulb.ac.be/coursmath/bio/dandelin.htm
Darboux, Gaston (1842-1917): MacTutor
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Davy, Humphry (1778-1829): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
de Forest, Lee (1873-1961): Lewis, T. Empire of the Air. p. 118f.
de Moivre, Abraham (1667-1754): MacTutor
de Morgan, Augustus (1806-1871): MacTutor
Dedekind, Julius (1831-1916): MacTutor
Delambre, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph (1749-1822): MacTutor
Delaunay, Charles-Eugene (1816-1872): MacTutor
Delbrück, Max: Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 804f, 1976.
Desargues, Girard (1593-1662): MacTutor
Descartes, René (1596-1650): Boyer, C. B. and Merzbach, U. C. A History of Mathematics. p. 334. Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (1902-1984): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Dirichlet, Peter (1805-1859): MacTutor
Dobzhansky, Theodosius (1900-1975): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 804f, 1976.
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898): MacTutor
Eddington, Arthur (1882-1944): Pannekoek, A. A History of Astronomy. p. 448f.
Edison, Thomas (1847-1931): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Ehrenfest, Paul (1880-1933): Gamow, G. Thirty Years That Shook Physics. p. 64f.
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955): Asimov. O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 419.
Eisenstein, Ferdinand (1823-1852): MacTutor
Enders, John Franklin (1897-1985): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Eotvos, Lórand, Baron von (1848-1919): MacTutor
Epicurus of Samos (341-270 BC): Lindberg, D.C The Beginning of Western Science. p. 78.
Erdélyi, Arthur (1908-1977): Special functions images
Erdos, Paul (1913-1996): MacTutor
Euclid (ca. 325-ca. 270 BC): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 132f.
Faraday, Michael (1791-1867): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Fermat, Pierre de (1601-1665): MacTutor
Fermi, Enrico (1901-1954): Asimov; http://www.nobel.se/
Feynman, Richard Philips (1918-1988): Gleick, J. Genius. p. 310f.
Fibonacci, Leonardo da Pisa (ca. 1170-ca. 1240): Davis, P. J. and Hersch, R. The Mathematical Experience. p. 188.
Fisher, Ronald Aylmer (1890-1962): R.A. Fisher Memorial Trust
Fitzgerald, George (1851-1901): MacTutor
Fourier, Joseph (1768-1830): O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 512.
Fraenkel, Adolf Abraham (1891-1965): Davis, P. J. and Hersch, R. The Mathematical Experience. p. 136.
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Franklin, Rosalind (1920-1958): Watson, J. D. The Double Helix. p. 72f.
Fréchet, Maurice (1878-1973): MacTutor
Fredholm, Erik (1866-1927): MacTutor
Frege, Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob (1848-1925): MacTutor
Fresnel, Augustin (1788-1827): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Frisch, Otto Robert (1904-1979): Frisch, O. What Little I Remember. p. 196
Frobenius, Georg (1849-1917): MacTutor
Fuchs, Immanuel (1833-1902): MacTutor
Gabor, Dennis (1900-1979): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 804f, 1976.
Galen of Pergamum (ca. 130-ca. 200): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642): Boyer, C. B. and Merzbach, U. C. A History of Mathematics. p. 324. Davis, P. J. and Hersch, R. The Mathematical Experience. p. 156.
Galois, Évariste (1811-1832): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 142f.
Francis Galton (1822-1911): Barile
Gamow, George (1904-1968): Gamow, G. Thirty Years That Shook Physics. p. 64f.
Gauss, Karl Friedrich (1777-1855): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 142f.
Gelfond, Aleksandr (1906-1968): MacTutor
Gell-Mann, Murray (1929-): Overbye, D. Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos. p. 216f.
Germain, Sophie (1776-1831): MacTutor
Gibbs, Josiah (1839-1903): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Glashow, Sheldon Lee (1932-): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 804f, 1976.
Goddard, Robert (1882-1945): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Gödel, Kurt (1906-1978): GEB, p. 17
Grassmann, Hermann (1809-1877): MacTutor
Gregory, James (1638-1675): MacTutor
Hadamard, Jacques (1865-1963): MacTutor
Hahn, Otto (1879-1968): Frisch, O. What Little I Remember. p. 30
Halley, Edmund (1656-1742): MacTutor
Hamilton, William Rowan (1805-1865): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 172f.
Hardy, Godfrey Harold (1877-1947): Davis, P. J. and Hersch, R. The Mathematical Experience. p. 85.
Harvey, William (1578-1657): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Hausdorff, Felix (1868-1942): MacTutor
Hawking, Steven W. (1942-): Hawking, S. A Brief History of Time. Front cover.
Heaviside, Oliver (1850-1925): MacTutor
Heisenberg, Werner (1901-1976): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821-1894): O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 94. Asimov
Herglotz, Gustav (1881-1953): http://www.tu-bs.de/institute/geophysik/geschichte/herglotz.html
Hermite, Charles (1822-1901): MacTutor
Herschel, John (1792-1871): MacTutor
Herschel, William (1738-1822): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Hertz, Gustav (1887-1975): Frisch, O. What Little I Remember. p. 38
Hewish, Anthony (1924-): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 660f, 1976.
Hilbert, David (1862-1943): MacTutor
Hill, George William (1838-1914): MacTutor
Hippocrates of Chios (ca. 450 BC): MacTutor
Hippocrates of Cos (460-ca. 370 BC): Lindberg, D.C The Beginning of Western Science. p. 114.
Hubble, Edwin (1889-1953): MacTutor
Huygens, Christiaan (1629-1695): O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 165. Boyer, C. B. and Merzbach, U. C. A History of Mathematics. p. 375. Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 108f.
Hypatia (370?-415): MacTutor
Iliopoulos, John (1940-): http://www.phys.ens.fr/iliopoulos\_conf/
Jacobi, Jakob (1804-1851): MacTutor
Jansky, Karl (1905-1950): Hey, J. S. The Evolution of Radio Astronomy. p. 5
Jeans, James (1877-1946): MacTutor
Jeffreys, Sir Harold (1891-1989): MacTutor
Jenner, Edward (1749-1823): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Joliot-Curie, Frédéric (1900-1958): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Joliot-Curie, Iréne (1897-1956): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Joule, James (1818-1889): Saslaw's thermodynamics book, Asimov
Kamerlingh-Onnes, Heike (1853-1926): Zemansky. Heat and Thermodynamics. Inside cover
Kármán, Theodore von (1881-1963): MacTutor
Kekulé von Stradonitz, Friedrich (1829-1896): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Kelvin, Lord William Thomson (1824-1907): Asimov, Saslaw's thermodynamics book. O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 470.
Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630): Boyer, C. B. and Merzbach, U. C. A History of Mathematics. p. 324.
Kerr, Roy (1934-): Chandrasekhar
Kirchhoff, Gustav (1824-1887): Saslaw's thermodynamics book, Asimov
Klein, Felix (1849-1925): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 176f.
Koch, Robert (1843-1910): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Kolmogorov, Andrei Nikolaevich (1903-1987): Chung, K. L. Elementary Probability Theory with Stochastic Processes, 3rd ed. p. xiii
Kovalevskaya, Sofia (1850-1891): MacTutor
Kronecker, Leopold (1823-1891): MacTutor
Kummer, Ernst (1810-1893): MacTutor
L'Hospital, Guillaume de (1661-1704): MacTutor
Lagrange, Joseph (1736-1813): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 132f.
Lamb, Horace (1849-1934): MacTutor
Lambert, Johann (1728-1777): MacTutor
Landau, Lev (1908-1968): MacTutor
Langevin, Paul (1872-1946): http://www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/\~jr/gif/phys/langevin.jpg
Laplace, Pierre (1749-1827): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 132f.
Larmor, Joseph (1857-1942): MacTutor
Lavoisier, Antoine (1743-1794): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 108f, 1976.
Lawrence, Ernest (1901-1958): Frisch, O. What Little I Remember. p. 184
Le Verrier, Urbain (1811-1877): MacTutor
Lebesgue, Henri (1875-1941): MacTutor
Legendre, Adrien-Marie (1752-1833): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 142f.
Leibniz, Gottfried (1646-1716): Boyer, C. B. and Merzbach, U. C. A History of Mathematics. p. 399. Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 112f.
Levi-Civita, Tullio (1873-1941): MacTutor
Lie, Sophus (1842-1899): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 176f.
Liebig, Justus von (1803-1873): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Lindelöf, Ernst Leonard (1870-1946): MacTutor
Lindemann, Ferdinand (1852-1939): MacTutor
Liouville, Joseph (1809-1882): MacTutor
Lobachevsky, Nicolai (1793-1856): Struik, D. J. A Concise History of Mathematics. p. 166f.
Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon (1853-1928): O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 428.
Lovell, Bernard (1913-): Hey, J. S. The Evolution of Radio Astronomy. p. 57
Luria, Salvador Edward (1912-1991): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, p. 804f, 1976.
Mach, Ernst (1838-1916): O'Hanian, H. C. Physics, vol. 1. p. 94
Maclaurin, Colin (1698-1746): MacTutor
Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Mascheroni, Lorenzo (1750-1800): MacTutor
Maupertuis, Pierre de (1698-1759): MacTutor
Maxwell, James (1831-1879): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Mayer, Julius Robert von (1814-1878): Saslaw's thermodynamics book
Meijer, C.S.: Oleg's newspaper clipping
Meitner, Lise (1878-1968): Frisch, O. What Little I Remember. p. ?
Mendel, Gregor (1822-1884): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Mendeléev, Dmitri (1834-1907): Asimov, I. Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology; the Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present, Chronologically Arranged, rev. ed. New York: NY: Avon, 1976.
Mercator, Nicholas (1620-1687): MacTutor
Mersenne, Marin (1588-1648): MacTutor
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Milne, Edward Arthur (1896-1950): MacTutor
Minkowski, Hermann (1864-1909): MacTutor
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