Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Was a Russian /Dutch mathematician. On December 21, 1904 she was married to Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933) an Austrian physicist and a mathematician. They had two daughters and two sons: one daughter, Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest, also became a mathematician.

Was a Dutch mathematician. She was the daughter of Paul Ehrenfest (1880 – 1933) and Tatyana Alexey

Was a Dutch mathematician. She was the daughter of Paul Ehrenfest (1880 – 1933) and Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva (1876–1964).Tatyana Ehrenfest was born in Vienna, and spent her childhood in St Petersburg. In 1912 the Ehrenfests moved to Leiden where her father succeeded H.A. Lorentz as professor at the University of Leiden. Until 1917 she was home schooled, after that she attended the Municipal Gymnasium in Leiden and passed the final exams in 1922.

Was an American mathematician known for his research on stochastic processes, including such areas a

Was an American mathematician known for his research on stochastic processes, including such areas as general state-space Markov chains (often now called Harris chains), the theory of branching processes and stochastic models of interacting particle syste

Was a notable Australian economist, radio host and anti-war activist who taught at the University of

Was a notable Australian economist, radio host and anti-war activist who taught at the University of Sydney from 1952 until 1986.[1][2] He has written on Australian economic history, often from an institutionalist or Marxian perspective, and his published works have included the analysis of capitalism in Australian history[3] and an analysis of the influence and development of transnational corporations[4]. He authored 11 books independently and 5 with co-editors, and made frequent appearances on ABC Radio's Notes on the News program. He is the namesake of a memorial lecture at the University of Sydney[5] and an annual prize in the university's political economy course. While at the University of Sydney, he set up the Transnational Corporations Research Project.

Was a Japanese mathematician, best known for proving the Takagi existence theorem in class field the

Was a Japanese mathematician, best known for proving the Takagi existence theorem in class field theory.He was born in the mountainous and rural region of Gifu, Japan. He began learning mathematics in middle school, reading texts in English since none were available in Japanese. After attending a high school for gifted students , he went on to the University of Tokyo, at that time the only university in Japan. There he learned mathematics from such European classic texts as Salmon's Algebra and Weber's Lehrbuch der Algeba. Aided by Hilbert, he then studied at Göttingen. Aside from his work in algebraic number theory he wrote a great number of Japanese textbooks on mathematics and geometry, and was also instrumental during World War II in the development of the Japanese encryption system.

Is an Australian mathematician working primarily on harmonic analysis, partial differential equation

Is an Australian mathematician working primarily on harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, combinatorics, analytic number theory and representation theory. His single most famous result is a proof, in joint work with British mathematician Ben J. Green, that there exist arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions of prime numbers. Tao is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles.

A leading amateur astronomer and science writer who lives near the rural town of Yarker, Ontario, Ca

A leading amateur astronomer and science writer who lives near the rural town of Yarker, Ontario, Canada. He is the editor of SkyNews magazine and an astronomy commentator for Discovery Channel Canada. He has written fourteen books, which are widely regarded as some of the best resources available for beginners in astronomy. Dickinson teaches part-time at St. Lawrence College and the asteroid 5272 Dickinson is named after him.

Was a Circassian exile in Turkey and the last known speaker of the Ubykh language.Esenç was raised

Was a Circassian exile in Turkey and the last known speaker of the Ubykh language.Esenç was raised by his Ubykh-speaking grandparents for a time in the village of Haci Osman in Turkey, and he served a term as the muhtar (mayor) of that village, before receiving a post in the civil service of Istanbul. There, he was able to do a great deal of work with the French linguist Georges Dumézil to help record his language.

A South African astrophysicist and founding director of Astronomy Africa. He is perhaps best known f

A South African astrophysicist and founding director of Astronomy Africa. He is perhaps best known for his work on the Cosmic Africa project that attempts to reconcile science and myth.[1][2] Medupe received his doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Cape Town for a thesis that studied the oscillations in stellar atmospheres. In particular, he investigated the interaction of radiative transfer and pulsations in the atmospheres of stars by solving non-adiabatic pulsation equations. He works as a researcher at SAAO and as a lecturer at the University of Cape Town. His other interests involve a study of African ethno-astronomy with a view to use this to attract black students into astronomy and science in general.

Is a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law.In 1977 he was appointed director of t

Is a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law.In 1977 he was appointed director of the United Nations' Division for Human Rights. From 1986 to 1991, he was the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Reparation to Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and, from 2001 to 2004, Special Rapporteur on Torture. He is also a member of the International Commission of Jurists. From February 1994 to December 1994, he was the first registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Was a German biologist whose work with sea urchins showed that it was necessary to have all chromoso

Was a German biologist whose work with sea urchins showed that it was necessary to have all chromosomes present in order for proper embryonic development to take place. This discovery was an important part of the Boveri-Sutton chromosome theory. His other significant discovery was the centrosome (1888), which he described as the especial organ of cell division. Boveri also had discovered a phenomenon of chromatin diminution do embryonic development of nematode Parascaris.

Was a German mathematician. He contributed to geometry, particularly projective geometry and synthet

Was a German mathematician. He contributed to geometry, particularly projective geometry and synthetic geometry. He is best known for his introduction of configurations in second edition of his book, Geometrie der Lage (Geometry of Position, 1876). The Re

Was a Danish physician, zoologist and botanist.Cantor worked for the British East India Company. He

Was a Danish physician, zoologist and botanist.Cantor worked for the British East India Company. He made natural history collections in Penang and Malacca.

Also known as the Unabomber, is an American mathematician and social critic who carried out a campai

Also known as the Unabomber, is an American mathematician and social critic who carried out a campaign of bombings and mail bombings. Kaczynski was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was considered a genius at a young age. He attended Harvard University, and earned a Ph.D.

Was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York

Was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J. Carson Brevoort in the arrangement of the latter's entomological and ichthyological collections before going to Washington D.C. in 1863 to work at the Smithsonian Institution.

Was an American geneticist born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Chicago public schools and obtaine

Was an American geneticist born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Chicago public schools and obtained his bachelors and masters degree from the University of Chicago.Puck was an early pioneer of "somatic cell genetics" and single-cell plating ( i.e. "cloning" .) This work allowed the genetics of human and other mammalian cells to be studied in detail. Pucks key work ultimately made modern genetics, such as the human genome and other mammalian genome projects, possible.Puck made many basic discoveries in several areas. His team which found that humans had 46 chromosomes rather than 48 which had earlier been believed. He developed the CHO cell line from chinese hamster ovarian cells for this work. These cells are still widely utilized in the biopharmaceutical industry. Puck studied X-rays and cellular mutations. He also isolated and studied cellular mutations.

Was an American zoologist.Palmer was born in Oakland, California and studied at the University of Ca

Was an American zoologist.Palmer was born in Oakland, California and studied at the University of California. In 1889 he joined the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy of the United States Department of Agriculture under Clinton Hart Merriam. In 1891 he led an expedition to study the biology of Death Valley.

1979 winner (jointly with William Arthur Lewis) of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

1979 winner (jointly with William Arthur Lewis) of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

Is a Dutch mathematician.Dekker completed his Ph.D degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1958,

Is a Dutch mathematician.Dekker completed his Ph.D degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1958, with his paper Paradoxical decompositions of sets and spaces.Dekker invented an algorithm that allows two processes to share a single-use resource without conflict, using only shared memory for communication, named Dekker's algorithm.

Was a noted geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in the field of evolutionary

Was a noted geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in the field of evolutionary biology for his work in shaping the unifying modern evolutionary synthesis. Dobzhansky was born in Ukraine (then part of Imperial Russia) and emigrated to

Was a noted geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in the field of evolutionary

Was a noted geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in the field of evolutionary biology for his work in shaping the unifying modern evolutionary synthesis. Dobzhansky was born in Ukraine (then part of Imperial Russia) and emigrated to the United States in 1927.This period was one of great social upheaval in Ukraine and the Russian Empire. The First World War was followed by the Russian Revolution of 1917, and then a civil war that established the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic as a part of the Soviet Union.In 1937 he published one of the major works of the modern evolutionary synthesis, the synthesis of evolutionary biology with genetics, entitled Genetics and the Origin of Species, which amongst other things defined evolution as "a change in the frequency of an allele within a gene pool". Dobzhansky's work was instrumental in spreading the idea that it is through mutations in genes that natural selection takes place. Also in 1937, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. During this time he had a very public falling out with one of his Drosophila collaborators, Alfred Sturtevant, based primarily in professional competition.

Was a French astronomer and meteorologist. He initiated the Bourges Observatory at the seminary St C

Was a French astronomer and meteorologist. He initiated the Bourges Observatory at the seminary St Célestin at Bourges, where he was a professor of science and mathematics. He observed surface features of the Moon and Mars. He published star maps and investigated the possibility of life on other planets and moons. He was critical of Percival Lowell's theory of intelligent life on Mars. During 1922 he published a review of astronomical theories and techniques (La Revue Du Ciel).

Was an American zoologist known for his work in identifying genes in fruit flies (Drosophila). He di

Was an American zoologist known for his work in identifying genes in fruit flies (Drosophila). He did so by applying the incredible detail that had just been discovered to be visible in the giant polytene chromosomes in the salivary glands of Drosophila and other Dipteran larvae.Painter joined the faculty at the University of Texas in 1916 and, except for military duty during World War I, stayed there his whole career. He was, in succession, associate professor, professor and distinguished professor of zoology. He served as acting president (1944-1946) and president (1946-1952) of the University of Texas and retired from active teaching in 1966.

A native of Eressos in Lesbos,[1] was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. His inte

A native of Eressos in Lesbos,[1] was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. His interests were wide-ranging, extending from biology and physics to ethics and metaphysics. His two surviving botanical works, Enquiry into Plants and On the Causes of Plants, were an important influence on medieval science.

Is a French specialist of the Austrian School of Economics and History of Economic Thought. Thierry

Is a French specialist of the Austrian School of Economics and History of Economic Thought. Thierry Aimar is assistant Professor of Economics at Sciences Po, Paris and the Nancy 2 University ; he also teaches at Paris Dauphine University and ESSEC. He concentrates his research and writings on the Austrian School of Economics, extending to entrepreneurial and market processes, the economics of Knowledge and the Information economics as well as the psychology of decision-making.