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Strokes of life

Strokes of life

A German illustrator and naturalist laid the foundation for modern entomology.
Sky full of stars

Sky full of stars

Tycho Brahe spotted celestial bodies before the advent of telescopes.  
Scalpels and sketches

Scalpels and sketches

Spanish anatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal made fundamental discoveries in neuroscience.
The minister and the mouse

The minister and the mouse

In the late 1700s, a radical English thinker discovered the presence of oxygen in the air.
Safety first, on the surgeon's table

Safety first, on the surgeon's table

Joseph Lister's use of an antiseptic spray dramatically reduced deaths during surgeries.
Cloudy with a chance of radiation

Cloudy with a chance of radiation

Poor weather in Paris sparked the discovery of a new property of matter.
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