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  Gregor Mendel - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 6 minutes, 12 seconds.

  • 5 years ago
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  Gregor Mendel is considered the grandfather of genetics. His work on pea plants (and less successfully with bees) was many years before its time.
  
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  Ignaz Semmelweis - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 5 minutes, 42 seconds.

  • 3 years ago
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  Hungarian Ignaz Semmelweis pioneered the idea of washing your hands! He led the way in early antiseptic procedures and is the favourite scientist of Michael Loughlin, who works in the same field at...
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  Richard Feynman - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 6 minutes, 4 seconds.

  • 5 years ago
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  Richard Feynman was a brilliant Nobel Prize winning physicist - but also had a "rock 'n roll" personality.
  
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  Alan Turing - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 6 minutes, 17 seconds.

  • 5 years ago
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  Master codebreaker and father of computer science - Alan Turing was a genius touched by tragedy.
  
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  Michael Faraday - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 9 minutes.

  • 5 years ago
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  Faraday was a pioneer in the fields of electricity and magnetism - but was also one of the original "social networkers".
  
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  Albert Einstein - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 6 minutes, 29 seconds.

  • 5 years ago
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  Probably history's most famous scientist, Albert Einstein made huge breakthroughs in various fields.
  
  He's the favourite scientist of David Fairhurst from Nottingham Trent University.
  
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  Charles Darwin - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 4 minutes, 6 seconds.

  • 4 years ago
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  Charles Darwin is the favourite scientist of Chris Smillie, a senior lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Management at Nottingham Trent University.
  
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  Rosalind Franklin - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 4 minutes, 56 seconds.

  • 5 years ago
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  Rosalind Franklin is a lesser-known hero in the famous story of DNA's discovery.
  
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  William Jarrett - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 5 minutes, 54 seconds.

  • 5 years ago
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  William "Bill" Jarrett was a Professor of Veterinary Medicine and responsible for many important breakthroughs.
  
  He was selected for this video by fellow veterinary scientist Professor Neil Gorma...
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  Mr Spock - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 5 minutes, 11 seconds.

  • 3 years ago
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  Science officer Spock, from Star Trek, is a scientific role model, according to Chris Smillie, a senior lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Management at Nottingham Trent University.
  
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  Benjamin Franklin - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 3 minutes, 10 seconds.

  • 5 years ago
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  Discussing Benjamin Franklin - one of the USA's founding fathers and a great scientist perhaps most famous for flying a kite.
  
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  Thomas Young - My Favourite Scientist - Duration: 6 minutes, 23 seconds.

  • 5 years ago
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  Young is perhaps best-known for his famous double sllt experiment, as Wayne Cranton explains.
  
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