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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

450th Anniversary of the Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus (issued in 1923) Contribution "Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the famous Polish mathematician and astronomer, responsible for formulating the heliocentric theory. The theory states that the Sun is the center of our planetary system, and not the Earth." [Taken from official citation]

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850?1891)

First female mathematician on Russian postage stamps

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

A stamp printed in Communist China shows Seng Yi Xing. Produced a calendar and contributed to astronomical knowledge. Wrote the book of Dayan Calendar and Kai Yuan Dayan Calendar.

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

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