Inspiration to become a Scientist

Alan Turing (1912-1954, father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence)

Science adviser: Kip Thorne (1940-, theoretical physicist)

Charles Darwin (1809-1882, naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory), Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911, botanist), and Thomas Huxley (1825-1895, biologist)

Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (1905-1976, aviator, aerospace engineer, inventor and filmmaker)

John Forbes Nash, Jr. (1928-, mathematician, known for work in game theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations)

Story by Carl Sagan (1934-1996, astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist)

Orville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), inventors and aviation pioneers

Richard Feynman (1918-1988, physicist)

Charles Darwin (1809-1882, naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory)

J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967, theoretical physicist)

Dian Fossey (1932-1985, zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist)

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642, physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer and philosopher)

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630, mathematician and astronomer)

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543, mathematician and astronomer)

Written by Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008, science fiction writer, science writer, futurist and inventor)

Wernher von Braun (1912-1977, aerospace engineer and space architect)

George Washington Carver (1864-1943, scientist, botanist, educator and inventor)

Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952, developed treatment of poliomyelitis, established principles of muscle rehabilitation which became the foundation of physical therapy, or physiotherapy)

Marie Curie (1867-1934, physicist and chemist) and Pierre Curie (1859-1906, physicist)

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931, inventor)

Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915, physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and chemotherapy)

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895, chemist and microbiologist)

Homer Hickam (1943-, former NASA engineer)

James A. Lovell (1928-, Commander), John L. "Jack" Swigert (1931-1982, Command Module Pilot), Fred W. Haise (1933- , Lunar Module Pilot), Gene Kranz (1933-, Lead Flight Director White Team), Glynn Lunney (1936-, Flight Director Black Team), Milt Windler (Flight Director Maroon Team), Gerry Griffin (1934-, Flight Director Gold Team), and thousands of support personnel.

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922, scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator)