Fact 1
He was an early discoverer of bioelectricity. He used a spark to touch muscles of dead frog legs and see them twitch.
Fact 2
His parents could only afford to send one child to a university, so he was sent to the Faculty of the Arts of the University of Bologna.
Fact 3
His work was the major basis for the novel "Frankenstein", and even mentioned by the author Mary Shelley.
was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
A British surgeon and first to use antiseptic medicine.
A French philosopher, mathematician and writer.
Was an eminent physician who conducted experiments in organic sensibility and irritability that have become landmarks in the development of physiology.
Was a biophysicist of German-American descent, known widely for his work on bacteria and other significant biological discoveries.
was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register
was an Austrian physicist and philosopher
Was a French physiologist.
An Austrian zoologist and ornithologist.