This year our Ten Things series, on the tenth of each month, is concentrating on things which are wackier than usual, if not by much. From odd road names to Christmas carols by way of saints and scientists. So here goes with September …
Ten Relatively Unknown Scientists
- Robert Hooke (1653-1703)
- John Flamstead (1646-1719)
- Paul Dirac (1902-84)
- Mary Anning (1799-1847)
- Eric Laithwaite (1921-97)
- Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) (right)
- Paul Flory (1910-85)
- Paracelcus (1493-1541)
- Emmy Noether (1882-1935)
- Grace Hopper (1906-92)
If you’re interested to know more, all have Wikipedia entries.