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1. I was brazen enough to run naked through the streets of Syracuse shouting 'Eureka! Eureka!' Science proved to be my undoing, as I was killed by a Roman soldier whom I ignored, being engrossed in a mathematics problem. Who am I? Pythagoras Eratosthenes Archimedes Aristotle

2. I am the the 'Father of Modern Physics'. The four moons of Jupiter which I discovered are named after me. I supported the heliocentric theory of Copernicus in my book 'Dialogue concerning the two chief World Systems'. The Catholic Church was scandalized and placed me under house arrest. Who am I? Galileo Galilei Tycho Brahe Johannes Kepler Pierre Simon Laplace

3. At the age of twelve, I published a treatise on communication of sounds. At the age of sixteen came another treatise on the conic sections. In 1642, at the age of eighteen, I invented a numerical wheel calculator truly advanced for my time, to help my father, a tax-collector, to count taxes. Who am I? Fred Hoyle Daniel Bernoulli Blaise Pascal Le Chatelier

4. My name may still be seen today cut into the wood of a window sill at King's School, Grantham, where I studied grammar and Latin. In 1687, I published 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica', considered the greatest scientific book ever written. I have to my credit the Law of Universal Gravitation and the Laws of Motion. Who am I? Tycho Brahe Isaac Newton Johannes Kepler Edmond Halley

5. I discovered the role oxygen plays in combustion and also demonstrated the Law of Conservation of Mass. In 1789, I published 'An Elementary Treatise on Chemistry', the first modern chemistry book ever. I was guillotined in 1794, during the French Revolution. Who am I? Robert Boyle Henry Cavendish Joseph Black Antoine Lavoisier

6. I was the most controversial scientist ever. I set sail on the HMS Beagle and obtained vast knowledge on the flora and fauna of many lands. I suggested that human beings have evolved from apes in my book 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'. Who am I? Charles Darwin Antonio Van Leeuwenhoek Gregor Mendel Carl Linnaeus

7. I came from a poor family, did not learn to talk until I was four years of age and was expelled from school for being weak in studies. Yet I went on to patent a staggering 1093 inventions and became known as the 'Wizard of Menlo Park'. Who am I? Thomas Alva Edison Nikola Tesla Alexander Graham Bell Michael Faraday

8. I coined the term 'radioactivity'. I was the first woman to get a Nobel Prize, the first person to get two Nobel Prizes, and also the first person to get a Nobel Prize in two different sciences. My daughter Irene and son-in-law Frederic Joliot followed in my footsteps and shared a Nobel Prize in 1935. Who am I? Marie Curie Gertrude Belle Elion Dorothy Hodgkin Clara Barton

9. I formulated the famous mass-energy equation E=mc^2. My theory on General Relativity is considered the greatest achievement of 20th century physics. I received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921 for my work on the Photoelectric Effect. Who am I? Albert Einstein Edwin Hubble Ernest Rutherford Max Planck

10. With the help of my friend Roger Penrose, I mathematically proved the Big Bang Theory. I also discovered that black holes emit radiations and are hence not permanent. I suffer from Lou Gehrig's disease, which has left me confined to a wheelchair. Who am I? Richard Feynman Stephen Hawking James Chadwick Michael Jackson