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 Neumann

Hans Bethe

Was a German-born American theoretical physicist who is credited as one fo the founders of quantum physics.

10 facts about Hans Bethe

Gertrude 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 Elion

J. 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 Oppenheimer

Edward 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 Teller

Jonas Salk

Was an American medical researcher and virologist.

10 facts about Jonas Salk

Albert 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 Michelson

Carl 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 Sagan

David Bohm

was an American theoretical physicist who contributed innovative and unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, philosophy of mind, and neuropsychology

10 facts about David Bohm

Edwin Herbert Land

was an American scientist and inventor

10 facts about Edwin Herbert Land

Gerty 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 Cori

Wolfgang Ernst Pauli

An Austrian theoretical physicist.

10 facts about Wolfgang Ernst Pauli




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