Scientists and science communicators

Explore scientists and science communicators through their discoveries, public work and linked sources. Compare contributions and criticism in context.

Start with what a scientific institution or original record actually establishes. Then separate scientific contributions from political views and personal conduct. These profiles include researchers and communicators whose roles differ; inclusion is not a ranking or a judgment of equal achievement.

• Albert Einstein

  German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)

• Charles Darwin

  English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

• Carl Sagan

  American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

• Konrad Lorenz

  Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989)

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