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Gregor Mendel's discovery of heredity laws
An introduction to Austrian botanist, teacher, and Augustinian prelate Gregor Mendel's...
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Aristotle
Aristotle, marble portrait bust, Roman copy (2nd century bce)...
© A. Dagli Orti—De Agostini/Getty Images
Rudolf Carnap
German-born American philosopher Rudolf Carnap, 1960.
Courtesy of the University of California, Los Angeles
DNA
DNA molecule.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Allan Ramsay: David Hume
Scottish philosopher David Hume, oil painting by Allan Ramsay, 1766; in the Scottish...
Courtesy of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. Bequeathed by Mrs. Macdonald Hume to the National Gallery of Scotland and transferred
Francis Crick
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Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam.
Photo courtesy of Harvard University
Nicolaus Copernicus: heliocentric system
Engraving of the solar system from Nicolaus Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (46031925)
astronomers working with a quadrant and a telescope
Astronomers at work with a quadrant (left) and a telescope (right) at the Royal Observatory,...
Trustees of the Science Museum, London