Biographies
Life accounts of notable scientists and engineers
Biographies
Life accounts of notable scientists and engineers
Naipaul, V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) (1932– )
Nakamura, Shuji (1954– )
Nambu, Yoichiro (1921–2015)
Nansen, Fridtjof (1861–1930)
Napier, John (1550–1617)
Nash, John (1752–1835)
Nash, John Forbes, Jr (1928–2015)
Nasmyth, James (1808–1890)
Nathans and Smith, Daniel Nathans (1928–1999) and Hamilton Othanel Smith (1931– ) (1931– )
Nathans, Daniel (1928–1999)
Natta, Giulio (1903–1979)
Nayfeh, Ali H.
Needham, Joseph (1900–1995)
Néel, Louis Eugène Félix (1904–2000)
Negishi, Ei-ichi (1935– )
Neher, Erwin (1944– )
Nelson, George (1907–1986)
Nelson, Jerry
Nelson, Nels Christian (1875–1964)
Nernst, (Walther) Hermann (1864–1941)
Neruda, Pablo (1904–1973)
Nervi, Pier Luigi (1891–1979)
Neugebauer, Gerry (1932– )
Neumann, (Johann) Balthasar (1687–1753)
Neutra, Richard Joseph (1892–1970)
Newberry, John Strong (1822–1892)
Newcomb, Simon (1835–1909)
Newcomen, Thomas (1663–1729)
Newell, Norman Dennis (1909–2005)
Newlands, John Alexander Reina (1837–1898)
Newport, Elissa L.
Newton, Isaac (1642–1727)
Nice, Margaret (1883–1974)
Nicol, William (1768–1851)
Nicolaou, K. C.
Nicolle, Charles Jules Henri (1866–1936)
Niemeyer, (Soares Filho) Oscar (1907–2012)
Nirenberg, Marshall Warren (Nirenberg, Marshall Warren)
Nobel, Alfred Bernhard (1833–1896)
Nobili, Leopoldo (1784–1835)
Noel-Baker, Philip John, Baron Noel-Baker (1889–1982)
Noether, Emmy (1882–1935)
Noether, Max (1844–1921)
Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford (1897–1978)
North, Douglass C(ecil) (1920–2015)
Northrop, John Howard (1891–1987)
Notman, John (1810–1865)
Nouvel, Jean (1945– )
Novoselov, Konstantin (1974– )
Nowell, Peter C.
Noyes, Eliot (1910–1977)
Noyori, Ryoji (1938– )
Nurse, Paul Maxime (1949– )
Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane (1942– )
Nuttall, Zelia Maria Magdalena (1857–1933)
Nyholm, Ronald Sydney (1917–1971)
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