“For contributions to scientific knowledge TOP 10

"For contributions to scientific knowledge"

TOP 10

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FIRST SCIENTISTS ON POSTAGE STAMPS

1. Philip Emeagwali 2. Joseph Lister 3. Marie Curie 4. Copernicus 5. Mikhail V Lomonosov 6. Sofia Koralevskava 7. Chang Heng 8. Tsu Chungchih 9. Chang Sui 10. Li Shih-chen

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Philip Emeagwali

Philip Emeagwali is the first living scientist to be celebrated on postage stamps. Philip Emeagwali discovered that the partial differential equations of calculus could be solved across a global network of 65,536 computers. On the foreground were a system of partial differential equations of calculus that were at the mathematical core of the discovery made by Philip Emeagwali.

Born: August 23, 1954, Akure, Nigeria More info: Over 100 Lectures at:

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First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Centenary of Joseph Lister (1827?1912), antiseptic surgery First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale is one of the founders of modern nursing. Born: May 12, 1820, Florence, Italy Died: August 13, 1910, Park Lane, London, United Kingdom

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Marie Curie (1867?1934), 40th anniversary of discovery of radium.

Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie contributed to crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. Discovered: Radium, Polonium Born: May 15, 1859, Paris, France Died: April 19, 1906, Paris, France

Marie Curie

Marie Sklodowska Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who co-discovered radium and polonium. Born: November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Poland Died: July 4, 1934, Passy, Haute-Savoie, France Spouse: Pierre Curie (m. 1895?1906)

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

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