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2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Charles Darwin English naturalist most famous for his work Origin of Species. When later synthesized with genetics, this formed the basic understanding that natural
selection is the foundation of evolution.
Aristotle One of the greatest scientists and philosophers of
his age. Some elements of his classification of living things survived till the 19th century.
January 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
New Years Day
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ethan Allen’s
Birthday
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Benjamin Franklin’s
Birthday
Martin Luther King's Birthday
24/31 25 26 27 28 29 30 Gouverneur
Morris’ Birthday (31)
Thomas Paine’s
Birthday
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. ‐‐Aristotle
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Gregor Mendel Augustinian priest and scientist. Leading researcher in the science of genetics, the importance of his pioneering work was not
recognized until after his death.
Euclid Euclid of Alexandria was one of the most
influential mathematicians in history, known as the Father of Geometry.
February 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
Groundhog Day
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Antony Flew’s Birthday
Lincoln’s Birthday
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Valentine’s Day Presidents Day
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Washington’s Birthday
28
The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God. ‐‐Euclid
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Louis Pasteur French chemist and microbiologist. Best known
for recognizing causes and preventions for disease. His work led to the germ theory of
disease.
Archimedes Regarded as the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time.
March 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
Lord Herbert’s Birthday
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
St. Patrick’s Day
First Day of Spring
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
Eureka! ‐ I have found it! ‐‐Archimedes
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Thomas A. Edison One of the most prolific inventors in history, Edison gave us the phonograph, the motion
picture camera and the first long-lasting light bulb.
Nicholas Copernicus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and
mathematician who proposed that the Earth orbited the Sun, not the other way around. He died before realizing the stir he would cause.
April 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
April Fool’s Day
Good Friday
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Easter
Begin Daylight Savings Time
Thomas Hobbes’ Birthday
Francis Bacon’s Birthday
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Thomas
Jefferson’s Birthday
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Earth Day
25 26 27 28 29 30
David Hume’s Birthday
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. ‐‐Thomas A. Edison
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Max Planck One of the most important scientists of the 20th
century, Planck is considered to be the founder of quantum theory.
Francis Bacon A leading figure in natural philosophy and
scientific methodology, Bacon established what we know as the scientific method.
May 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Robespierre’s Birthday
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mothers Day
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28 29
Memorial Day(31)
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth
men's minds about to religion. ‐‐Francis Bacon
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Marie Curie Physicist and chemist of Polish origin. Discovered two elements: polonium and radium. First person
to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice.
Galileo Galilei Perhaps the greatest scientist of all time. Called the Father of Modern Science. Found guilty of
heresy by the Inquisition.
June 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Thomas Paine dies in
1809
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Flag Day
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Fathers Day
Summer Begins
27 28 29 30
Nevertheless, it moves. –Galileo Galilei
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Albert Einstein One of the world's best-known scientists. A
theoretical physicist, famous for his specific and general theories of relativity.
Johannes Kepler Key figure in the scientific revolution of the 17th century. Mathematician and astronomer known
for his laws of planetary motion.
July 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Independence
Day
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Parents Day
So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring, to divulge
the hidden cause of things. ‐‐Johannes Keppler
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Niels Bohr Danish physicist whose breakthrough discoveries
in atomic structure and quantum mechanics earned him the Nobel Prize.
René Descartes French philosopher, mathematician and physicist often called the Father of Modern Philosophy. He made groundbreaking discoveries in calculus and
optics.
August 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Elihu Palmer’s Birthday
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Matthew Tindal
Dies, 1733
22/29 23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28
Samuel Adams’
Birthday
When it is not in our power to follow
what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. ‐‐René Descartes
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Enrico Fermi Italian physicist considered one of the leading
scientists of the 20th century. Awarded the Nobel Prize. Best known for his work in nuclear and
particle physics and quantum theory.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Known as the Father of Microbiology. He was the first to observe single-celled animals.
September 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Labor Day
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Bolingbroke’s Birthday
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 John Adams’
Birthday
26 27 28 29 30
There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
‐–Enrico Fermi
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Werner Heisenberg German physicist who made important
contributions to quantum theory. Best known for his uncertainty principle.
Sir Isaac Newton English physicist who developed theories of gravitation and laws of motion. One of the
greatest scientists of all time.
October 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Columbus Day
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24/31 25 26 27 28 29 30 Halloween
Samhain (31)
We build too many walls and not enough bridges. ‐‐Isaac Newton
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Edwin Hubble American astronomer who proposed Hubble's
Law, thus establishing the notion of an expanding universe.
Karl Friedrich Gauss One of history's most influential mathematicians. His work in number theory shaped the field to the
current day.
November 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
Election Day
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 End Daylight
Savings Time William
Hogarth’s Birthday
Veterans Day
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Voltaire’s Birthday
Thanksgiving
28 29 30
John Toland’s Birthday
God does arithmetic. ‐‐Karl Friedrich Gauss
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
Stephen Hawking World-renowned British physicist. Leading theorist in cosmology and quantum gravity,
especially the science of black holes.
Michael Faraday English chemist and physicist known for his work
in electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His work formed the foundation for electric motors.
December 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
First Day of Winter
Christmas
26 27 28 29 30 31
New Year’s Eve
The usual approach of science of constructing a
mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe
go to all the bother of existing? ‐‐Stephen Hawking
2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages
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