Top 10 American Scientists

1-Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein, born on 14 March 1879, is considered the best and greatest American scientist of all time. He was basically a German-born great theoretical physicist, the general theory of relativity which proved a basic pillar of the modern physics. Albert Einstein influenced to a great extent the "philosophy of science", he also introduced the formula of mass-energy equivalence, he also received Nobel Prize for his great services to the theoretical physics in 1921.

2-Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla, born on 10 July 1856, is regarded as the second most notable and best American scientist of all time. He was basically a Serbian-American mechanical and electrical engineer, inventor, physicist but he got real fame by contributing to the creation of modern AC electricity supply system. Nikola Tesla also conducted a great number of experiments with X-ray imaging, mechanical generators and built a wireless boat.

3-Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison, born on 11 February 1847, comes on the number three in the list of the most notable and greatest American scientist of all time. He was basically an American businessman and an eminent inventor who introduced a great number of devices such as motion picture the camera, phonograph, and an electrical long-lasting light the bulb. Thomas Edison applied the rules of mass production.

4-George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver, born in the 1860s, is also included in our list of the top ten best and most famous American scientist of all time. He was basically an eminent American inventor and a botanist, he got real fame from the research and promotion of crops to cotton. George Washington Carver received several honors for his work such as NAACP's "Spingarn Medal", he died on 05 January 1943.

5-Stephen Hawking

The fifth best and most famous American scientist of all time is Stephen William Hawking, born on 08 January 1942. He is not only an eminent English cosmologist and theoretical physicist but also a director and author of Research at the University of Cambridge's "Centre for Theoretical Cosmology". Stephen Hawking was the first scientist who described the theory of cosmology.

6-James Watson

James Dewey Watson, born on 06 April 1928, is considered the sixth greatest and most notable American scientist of all time. He is not only a renowned American molecular biologist but also a zoologist and geneticist. James Dewey Watson worked with Francis Crick for the discovery of DNA's structure in 1953, he also discovered many facts related to the nucleic acid's molecular structure.

7-Tim Berners-Lee

Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, commonly known as "TimBL", born on 08 June 1955, is regarded as the seventh most famous and best American scientist of all time. He is basically a well known English computer scientist, his real fame lies as an inventor of the "World Wide Web". The first communication between server via the internet and a "Hypertext Transfer Protocol client" was implemented by Tim Berners-Lee.

8-Ernest Everett Just

Ernest Everett Just, born on 14 August 1883, comes on the number three in the list of the most notable and great American scientist of all time. He was basically a renowned African-American biologist and also a great science and academic writer. Ernest Everett Just discovered the basic role of the cell surface in the growth of organisms, the great scientist died on 27 October 1941.

9-Percy Lavon Julian

Percy Lavon Julian, born on 11 April 1899, is also included in our list of the top ten greatest and most popular American scientist of all time. He was basically an African-American renowned research chemist, moreover, he was the first who worked to synthesize chemically the medicinal drugs from plants and also worked to synthesize chemically the human hormones from the plant sterols.

10-Benjamin Franklin

The last great and very famous scientist of the United States of all time is "Benjamin Franklin", born on 17 January 1706. He was a well-known polymath, a great political theorist, author, scientist, civic activist, politician and an inventor. Benjamin Franklin was no doubt a major figure in the history of physics and also in the American Enlightenment for his theories and discoveries related to electricity.