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The Father of Indian Chemistry - Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, was born #onthisday (Aug 2) in 1861. He was a chemist, industrialist, historian, philanthropist, writer, & revolutionary. He est'd India's first pharmaceutical company @bcplkol

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Born #onthisday (July 19) in 1938, Jayant Narlikar is an Indian astrophysicist, @sahityaakademi award-winning science writer and an emeritus professor @IUCAAstro. Along with Sir Fred Hoyle, he developed Hoyle–Narlikar theory.

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🌌Remembering ‘the showman of science’ on his birth anniversary.

Know more about this legendary science communicator 🗣️ & astronomer 👨‍🚀 in this article by @PreetiSukuru

https://t.co/SROfbdMLbS

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Born #onthisday (Oct 30) in 1909, Homi J. Bhabha was an Indian nuclear physicist known as the father of India's nuclear program. He was also the founding director of @TIFRScience

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Born #onthisday (Sep 5) in 1888, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was a philosopher, writer, politician and statesman who served as the second President of India. His birthday is celebrated as the Teacher's Day in India.

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Born #onthisday (Sep 4) 1906, Max Delbrück was a biophysicist who formed the Phage Group-stimulating the physicists' interest in Biology. He shared the 1969 @NobelPrize for discoveries concerning the replication mechanism & the genetic structure of viruses

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Born #onthisday (Aug 12) in 1919, Vikram Sarabhai was an Indian physicist & astronomer, fondly remembered as the founder of @isro. He also helped develop India's nuclear program, establishing @IIMAhmedabad & many other institutions across India

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Born #onthisday (Aug 8) in 1901, Ernest Lawrence was an American physicist who invented the cyclotron - device to produce high-energy particles. He was awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physics for this work.

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Born #onthisday (Aug 7) 1925, Dr M.S Swaminathan is an Indian agricultural scientist and plant geneticist who is a world leader of the green revolution. @UNEP has called him 'the Father of Economic Ecology.'

Happy B'day, Dr MS Swaminathan

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The Father of Indian Chemistry - Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, was born #onthisday (Aug 2) in 1861. He was a chemist, industrialist, historian, philanthropist, writer, & revolutionary. He est'd India's first pharmaceutical company @bcplkol

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Carl Jung - a Swiss psychiatrist & psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, was born #onthisday (July 26) in 1875. He was also an artist, craftsman, & creative writer considered one of the most influential psychologists in history.

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Born #onthisday (July 25, 1920), Rosalind Franklin, was a chemist & x-ray crystallographer whose collaborative work led to the discovery of the structure of DNA. But she only got her due credit this year as an "equal player" in the discovery process of DNA.

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Born #onthisday (July 20) in 1836, Clifford Allbutt was an English physician who served as the president of @TheBMA. He was also the inventor of the clinical thermometer. 🌡️

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Born #onthisday (July 19) in 1938, Jayant Narlikar is an Indian astrophysicist, @sahityaakademi award-winning science writer and an emeritus professor @IUCAAstro. Along with Sir Fred Hoyle, he developed Hoyle–Narlikar theory.

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Born #onthisday (July 17) in 1819, Eunice Newton Foote was an amateur scientist and a women's rights campaigner. She was the first scientist who discovered the impact of climate due to the effect of certain gases when exposed to sunlight.

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a British astrophysicist born #onthisday (July 15) 1943. She discovered the first four Pulsars - rotating neutron stars in 1967 while she was in post-graduation.

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He is a Hungarian puzzle designer, professor of architecture and also an inventor. In search of a good task for his students, he invents Rubik's Cube. Born #onthisday (July 13) in 1944, his name is Ernő Rubik.

Happy B'day @erno_rubik 🎉

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Born #onthisday (July 12) in 1895, R. Buckminster Fuller was an American inventor, futurist, writer, designer, and philosopher who received over 25 patents and many honorary doctorates. As a writer, he penned more than 30 books.

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Born #onthisday (July 11) in 1890, Alan Gregg was an American physician and public health officer who also held the position of Vice-President of the @RockefellerFdn.

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What if Zombies are real?! 🧟
What if they already exist on our planet?!🧟‍♀️

Check out this short article by @MoumiMazumdar to know how ants get zombified by a fungus.
https://t.co/W6OHKERbFB

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