scienziato

Definitions of scienziato
  1. noun
    a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
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    John Dalton
    English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
    Charles Robert Darwin
    English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
    Renato Cartesio
    French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)
    Albert Einstein
    physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)
    Gottlieb Wilhelm Leibniz
    German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
    Carl von Linné
    Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778)
    Gregor Mendel
    Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
    Claudio Tolomeo
    Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
    Pitagora
    Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
    Malthus Thomas Robert
    English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946)
    Thomas Robert Malthus
    an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
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    biologo
    (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms
    chimico
    a scientist who specializes in chemistry
    geofisico, geologo
    a specialist in geology
    glottologo, linguista
    a specialist in linguistics
    matematico
    a person skilled in mathematics
    mineralogista
    a scientist trained in mineralogy
    oceanografo
    a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas
    paleografo, paleontologo
    a specialist in paleontology
    fisico
    a scientist trained in physics
    psicologo
    a scientist trained in psychology
    ricercatore
    a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
    sperimentatore
    a research worker who conducts experiments
    antropologo
    a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
    astronomo
    a physicist who studies astronomy
    batteriologo
    a biologist who studies bacteria
    botanico
    a biologist specializing in the study of plants
    ecologo
    a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment
    economista
    an expert in the science of economics
    genetista
    a biologist who specializes in genetics
    grammatico
    a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax
    dizionarista, lessicografo, lessicologo, vocabolarista
    a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
    naturalista
    a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
    penalista
    a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management
    fisiologo
    a biologist specializing in physiology
    politologo
    a social scientist specializing in the study of government
    sociologo
    a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
    tossicologo
    one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment
    zoologo
    a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals
    type of:
    anima, elemento, essere umano, individuo, microcosmo, persona, tipo, uomo
    a human being
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