Scientists of World War II

The atlas holds 8 people and 13 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Joseph Stalin, J. R. R. Tolkien and Albert Einstein.

Joseph Stalin
from 1943 to 1945
4 moments here
Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…
J. R. R. Tolkien
from 1939 to 1945
3 moments here
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Albert Einstein
in 1939
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Nikola Tesla
in 1943
1 moment here
Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1943
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Stephen Hawking
in 1942
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Helen Keller
in 1939
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Wangarĩ Maathai
in 1940
1 moment here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…