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Who coined the word 'vaccination'?

Jenner & Edward Jenner. Vaccination was derived from the Latin word for cowpox 'vacinna'. Jenner created the smallpox vaccine using the cowpox virus.

What was the name of the female scientist whose work was crucial in helping Watson and Crick deduce the double helix structure of DNA?

Franklin. Rosalind Franklin was her name...she researched X-ray diffraction of DNA crystals, the method used to determine the structure of DNA.

The ratio of a speed to the speed of sound is named for him, who was this Austrian scientist?

Mach & Ernst Mach. The ratio of a speed to the speed of sound is called the 'Mach number'.

What French mathematician published the first paper devoted entirely to topology?

Poincare.

Which British chemist was the first modern scientist to propose the existence of atoms?

Dalton & John Dalton.