Notable Biologists Posters and Prints, “A...-B...-C...-”
for the science classroom, home schoolers, science education scholars.

Louis Agassiz
b. 5-28-1807; Haut-Vully, Switzerland
d. 12-14-1873; Cambridge, MA

A famous story about a student getting his eyes back was how Agassiz would leave a post grad looking at a fish for months.

Agassiz, who had a medical degree, made major contributions to modern knowledge of geology, paleontolgy and zoology; he was also an opponent of Charles Darwin.

• Methods of Study in Natural History

Isaac Asimov
b. 1-2-1920; Petrovichi, Russia
d. 4-6-1992; NYC

Biochemist Isaac Asimov is considered a master of the science fiction genre and is best known for his prolific writing.

Asimov was also VP of Mensa International and The American Humanist Association.

Isaac Asimov quotes ~
• “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That's funny...”
• “Outside intelligences, exploring the solar system with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris.”
• “I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.” ~ see Voices of Reason poster

• I, Robot poster
• Asimov's Chronology of the World

Francis Maitland Balfour
b. 11-10-1851; Edinburgh, Scotland
d. 7-19-1882; climbing Mount Blanc

Biologist Francis Maitland Balfour was regarded as the successor to Charles Darwin.

• Balfour quote poster

George Wells Beadle
b. 10-22-1903; Wahoo, NE
d. 6-9-1989; Chicago

Biochemist George Wells Beadle shared one half of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology with Edward Tatum “for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events”.

• George Beadle, An Uncommon Farmer
• Genetics of Microorganisms

Lydia Becker
b. 2-24-1827; Manchester, England
d. 7-18-1890

Lydia Becker, an aspiring amateur biologist and astonomer, was a leader in the early British suffrage movement arguing that there was no natural difference between the intellect of men and women.

In 1870 she established the Women's Suffrage Journal, the first national paper covering the women's suffrage campaign, proposing a non-gendered educational system in Britain.

Konrad Emil Bloch
b. 1-21-1912; Neisse (Nysa), Silesia, Germany
d. 10-15-2000; Lexington, MA

Konrad Bloch was a biochemist, teaching at Columbia University, the University of Chicago and Harvard University. He shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1964 with Feodor Lynen, “for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.”

Alexis Carrel
b. 6-28-1873; Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône, France
d. 11-5-1944

Alexis Carrel, French surgeon, biologist and eugenicist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912. Aviator Charles Lindbergh worked with Carrel in developing the machinery that could keep organs functions for weeks outside the human body. Carrel was also a member of the most collaborationist party during World War II Vichy France.

• The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever by David M. Friedman