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Ruđer Bošković

1711 – 1787

Proposed an atomic force theory two centuries early.

Croatia·Physics · Astronomy

Alexander von Humboldt

1769 – 1859

Invented the idea that nature is a single connected web — and that we can wreck it.

Germany·Biology · Astronomy · HistoryFull profile

Carl Friedrich Gauss

1777 – 1855

The Prince of Mathematicians; number theory, geodesy, magnetism.

Germany·Mathematics · Astronomy · Physics