Murdered scientists Murdered scientists Archimedes ( Greek: Αρχιμηδης ) ( 287 BC– 212 BC) was an ancient mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer and philosopher born in the Greek seaport colony of Syracuse. He is considered by some math historians to be one of history's greatest mathematicians, along with possibly Newton, Gauss and Euler. ...more on Wikipedia about "Archimedes"
Dian Fossey ( January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985) was an American ethologist interested in gorillas, completing an extended study of several gorilla groups, observing them daily for years in the mountain forests of Rwanda. Initially encouraged to work there by famous paleontologist Louis Leakey, her work is somewhat similar to Jane Goodall's with chimpanzees. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dian Fossey"
Gerald Vincent Bull ( March 8, 1928 - March 22, 1990) was a Canadian engineer who many consider to have developed long range artillery beyond what anyone else has accomplished. He was a driven man, who moved from project to project always chasing his dream of launching a satellite using a huge artillery piece. To this end he designed the Project Babylon " supergun" for the Iraqi government, during which he was murdered (allegedly by Israeli Mossad agents) outside his home in Brussels, Belgium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gerald Bull"
Hypatia of Alexandria (in Greek: Υπατία) (c. 380 - 415) was a philosopher, mathematician, and teacher who lived in Alexandria, then a Greek city. Several works are attributed to her by later sources, including commentaries on Diophantus's Arithmetica, on Apollonius's Conics and on Ptolemy's works, but none has survived. Letters written to her by her pupil Synesius give an idea of her intellectual milieu. She was of the Platonic school, although her adherence to the writings of Plotinus, the 3rd century follower of Plato and principal of the neo-Platonic school, is merely assumed. Hypatia's contributions to science are reputed (on scant evidence) to include the invention of the astrolabe and the hydrometer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hypatia of Alexandria"
Michael Servetus ( 29 September, 1511 – 27 October , 1553), (Miguel Servet or, as it was originally, Serveto in Spanish) was a theologian, physician and humanist. His interests included many sciences: astronomy and meteorology; geography, jurisprudence, study of the Bible, mathematics, anatomy and medicine. He is renowned in the history of several of these fields, particularly medicine and theology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Michael Servetus"
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