American physician-scientist who is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Roboticists Rich Walker of Shadow Robot Co. in England led the assembly of the bionic man from prosthetic body parts and artificial organs donated by laboratories around the world/First Fully Bionic Man Walks, Talks and Breathes
Israeli-American Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus for 'the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems'
American geologist and Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology. He is known for his work in the fields of cosmochemistry, meteoritics and astrophysics
Optometrist from British Columbia believes heâ-?s invented the holy grail of corrective lenses: A device that lets you see â-?three times better than 20/20 visionâ- without wearing any contacts or glasses at all â-' for an entire
American physicist. In 2017, Weiss was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, 'for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves'
British engineer (Born: 1927) who was instrumental in Britain's successful development of rocket launchers and hovercraft. He worked on the Black Arrow rocket programme. He is now 89. Lives in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK
Sri Lankan born Astronomer and Mathematician. He was a student and collaborator of Sir Fred Hoyle and is best known for his work on cosmic dust. He now lives in Cardiff, Wales, UK
Canadian astronomer and professor at the University of Western Ontario. He is best known for the discovery of Earth's second moon and the orbits of minor planets in the Solar System
Author/Inventor/U.S. Air Force Cold War spy, nearly getting shot down by Russian MIGs, and landing in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis/makes his fortune working for computer software magnate Bill Gates
American economist and the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus at Stanford University. He was jointly awarded the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, together with his Stanford colleague Paul R. Milgrom
Flight scientist. Began his work with NASA (then NACA) on Project Mercury in 1959. NASA Maroon Flight Director Apollo 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15; Space Shuttle Project Office 1973-1978
In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Mark Zuckerberg for $65 million, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the much more popular social networking service site Facebook
British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and in theoretical physics.
In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[
Professor at Columbia Law School, director of the Poliak Center at Columbia Journalism School and a contributing writer at NewYorker.com. He is best known for his work on Net Neutrality theory