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Nature Biotechnology
18, 108 - 109 (2000)
doi:10.1038/71788
The Nature Biotechnology 2000 Millennial quizJohn Hodgson
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| 11. Because of a Y2K problem, the Nature Biotechnology computer
has malfunctioned while aligning dates with scientific notables from the distant
past. Can you match the names to the correct years?
~965−1038 Pioneer genetic mapper Alfred Henry Sturtevant
1170−1250 Leonardo da Vinci
~1219−1292: Microscopist Antony van Leeuwenhoek
~1285−1349 Classifier and taxonomist Carolus Linnaeus
1323−1382 Philosopher Francis Bacon
1452−1524 Francis Crick
~1478−1553 Writer Hieronymus Francastorius
1516−1565 Naturalist and taxonomist Konrad Gesner
1561−1626 Ali Al-hazen, who studied optics
1632−1723 Mathematician Leonardo Pisano (Fibonacci)
1707−1778 Chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur
1737−1798 Mathematician Nicole d'Oresme
1803−1873 Biologist Luigi Galvani
1822−1895 Organic chemist Justus von Leibig
1891−1970 Roger Bacon
1916− William of Ockham
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