THE SCIENTIST:3 BRIGHT MINDS THAT HAVECHANGED OUR WORLD

Exploring the contributions and ideasthat shaped life as we know it.

A Review by Beau Peelle

A S h o c k i n g A l t e r n a t i v e

Nikola Tesla

This Croatian inventor was born in 1856, andhad a long passion for invention. He moved to

America in 1884, and later received funding forthe Tesla Electric light Company. His biggest

contribution was the development of thealternating current, a more efficient way of

transmitting electric currents.

NicolausCopernicus

Before Copernicus came along, people believed that the Earth was the

stationary center of the universe, and other celestial bodies revolved

around it. But when Copernicus was working on improving the

calendar, he discovered otherwise. In "On the Revolutions of the Celestial

Spheres", he argued that the planets- including Earth- rotate about their

own axes and revolve around the sun.

Marie CurieThank her for your X - ray

Marie Curie met her husband, Pierre, at the Sorbonne and married in 1895.

Three years later, they discoveredplutonium and radium. Their researchmade them co-recipients of the NobelPrize in Physics in 1903. Curie was also

the first woman to teach at theSorbonne, and won another Nobel

Prize in 1911, this time for chemistry.