Dictionary of Scientists


Here are authoritative and up-to-date biographies of the world's scientists, from ancient times to the cutting edge. All areas of science are represented, from physics and astronomy to medicine and ecology, plus key figures in the fields of mathematics and technology.
On this page: Kaluza, Theodor Franz Eduard to Kroto, Harold Walter.

Title Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z
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Kapitza, Pyotr Leonidovich (Russian physicist)
Kapteyn, Jacobus Cornelius (Dutch astronomer)
Karle, Jerome (American physicist)
Karrer, Paul (Russian-born Swiss chemist)
Keenan, Philip Childs (American astronomer)
Keith, Arthur, Sir (English anatomist)
Kellner, Karl (parapsychology)
Kendall, Edward Calvin (American biologist & chemist)
Kendrew, John Cowdery, Sir (British biologist)
Kettlewell, Henry Bernard Davis (British geneticist and lepidopterist)
Khorana, Har Gobind (Indian-born American biochemist)
Kilby, Jack St. Clair (American electric engineer & computer scientist)
King, Charles Glen (American painter)
Kinsey, Alfred Charles (Zoologist / Sexologist)
Klaproth, Martin Heinrich (German chemist)
Klitzing, Klaus von (German physicist)
Klug, Aaron, Sir (English biologist & chemist)
Knuth, Donald Ervin (American mathematician & computer scientist)
Kocher, Emil Theodor (Swiss surgeon)
Köhler, Georges J. F. (German physician)
Kolmogorov, Andrei Nikolaievich (Russian mathematician)
Kornberg, Arthur (American biologist & chemist)
Kossel, Albrecht (German anatomist)
Kovalevski, Aleksandr Onufrievich (Russian zoologist and embryologist)
Kovalevsky, Sonya (Russian mathematician)
Kramer, Paul Jackson (American plant physiologist)
Krebs, Edwin Gerhard (American biologist)
Krebs, Hans Adolf, Sir (English biologist & chemist)
Kronecker, Leopold (German mathematician)
Kroto, Harold Walter (British chemist)