Pythaghoras
recent? he's dead...
the greek orthodox made no large contribution to Australian society
who are the scientist that make contributions the study of cell?
For one thing they started the wine industry.
dalton, rutherford ,etc
You didn't say what scientists, but science today is built on the contributions of scientists from long ago. There are many examples but prominent among them Is Isaac Newton.
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the cell theory and the microscope
Watson and Crick; they determined the structure of DNA.
Most empires have had people who made major contributions: The Hellenic, Roman, Chinese, and British Empires have all had mathematicians, authors and scientists and artists.
Many scientists have made major contributions to society. Mendeleev - who created the first periodic table of elemets