1. Isaac Newton
Father of classical mechanics. Laws of motion and gravity turned falling apples into universal mathematics.
2. Albert EinsteinReimagined space and time. Relativity bent the universe and proved that energy and matter are dance partners.
3. Marie CuriePioneer of radioactivity. First person to win two Nobel Prizes in different sciences.
4. Charles DarwinTheory of evolution by natural selection. Redefined life's story on Earth.
5. Galileo GalileiTurned a telescope toward the heavens and challenged centuries of cosmic certainty.
6. Nikola TeslaMaster of electricity. Alternating current reshaped modern civilization.
7. Louis PasteurGerm theory architect. Vaccines and pasteurization saved millions.
8. Dmitri MendeleevCreator of the periodic table. Organized the elements into predictive order.
9. Rosalind FranklinHer X ray diffraction images were crucial to discovering DNA's structure.
10. Stephen HawkingExplored black holes and cosmology, bringing the universe to the public imagination.
11. James Clerk MaxwellUnified electricity and magnetism into one elegant theory of electromagnetism.