First Scientists on Postage Stamps “For contributions to scientific knowledge” TOP 10 __________________________________________________________________________________________ FIRST SCIENTISTS ON POSTAGE STAMPS 1. Philip Emeagwali 2. Joseph Lister 3. Marie Curie 4. Copernicus 5. Mikhail V Lomonosov 6. Sofia Koralevskava 7. Chang Heng 8. Tsu Chungchih 9. Chang Sui 10. Li Shih-chen
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First Scientists on Postage Stamps
“For contributions to scientific knowledge”
TOP 10 __________________________________________________________________________________________
Philip Emeagwali Philip Emeagwali is the first living scientist to be celebrated on postage stamps. Philip Emeagwali discovered that the partial differential equations of calculus could be solved across a global network of 65,536 computers. On the foreground were a system of partial differential equations of calculus that were at the mathematical core of the discovery made by Philip Emeagwali. Born: August 23, 1954, Akure, Nigeria More info: Over 100 Lectures at:
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YouTube.com/emeagwali
First Scientists on Postage Stamps
Centenary of Joseph Lister (1827–1912), antiseptic surgery
First Scientists on Postage Stamps
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale is one of the founders of modern nursing.
Born: May 12, 1820, Florence, Italy
Died: August 13, 1910, Park Lane, London, United Kingdom
First Scientists on Postage Stamps
Marie Curie (1867–1934), 40th anniversary of discovery of radium.
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie contributed to crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and
radioactivity. Discovered: Radium, Polonium
Born: May 15, 1859, Paris, France
Died: April 19, 1906, Paris, France
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist
and chemist who co-discovered radium and polonium.
Born: November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Poland
Died: July 4, 1934, Passy, Haute-Savoie, France
Spouse: Pierre Curie (m. 1895–1906)
First Scientists on Postage Stamps
450th Anniversary of the Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus (issued in 1923)
Contribution “Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the famous Polish
mathematician and astronomer, responsible for formulating the
heliocentric theory. The theory states that the Sun is the center of our
planetary system, and not the Earth.” [Taken from official citation]
First Scientists on Postage Stamps
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850–1891)
First female mathematician on Russian postage stamps
First Scientists on Postage Stamps
A stamp printed in Communist China shows Seng Yi Xing.
Produced a calendar and contributed to astronomical knowledge. Wrote the book of Dayan Calendar and Kai Yuan Dayan Calendar.
First Scientists on Postage Stamps
Li Shizhen
A Chinese polymath
Born: July 13, 1518, Qichun County
Died: 1593
First Scientists on Postage Stamps
Zu Chongzhi was a Chinese mathematician and astronomer during the Liu Song and Southern Qi Dynasties.