Minorities have had many contributions to science and chemistry. A few of these minorities are George Washington Carver, Marie Curie, Lloyd Hall, James Harris, Mario Molina, Baruj Benacerraf , Luis Federico Leloir, and César Milstein. An African-American born to slave parents, George Washin...

Marie Sklodowska Curie Polish-French Chemist (1867-1934) Marie Sklodowska Curie was born on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. Her father was a physics teacher and her mother was a principal at a girls school in Warsaw. She had three sisters(Sofia, Helena, Bronislawa) and a brother Josep...

On the 7th November 1867 a teacher in physics and maths became the father of a little girl called Marya Sklodowska and nobody could know. That this girl would have been one of the most famous female scientists in the 90's and 20's century. At the age of 16 she finished her exam in a lycee...

Henri Becquerel Father of Radioactivity 1852-1908 Early Life Henri Becquerel was born into a family of scientists. He was born in the city of Paris, France, on December the fifteenth 1852. He inherited from his father a large supply of minerals and compounds, which were also studied by his fa...

Time is passing by us and new scientists are developing new theories and ideas. New discoveries are being made on the atom that show it is more complex than anyone expected. One of the well known Polish-born French scientists is Marie Curie. She is presently experimenting with radioactivity and h...