First Scientists on Postage Stamps

“For contributions to scientific knowledge”

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FIRST SCIENTISTS ON POSTAGE STAMPS

1. Philip Emeagwali

2. Joseph Lister

3. Marie Curie

4. Copernicus

5. Mikhail V Lomonosov

6. Sofia Koralevskava

7. Chang Heng

8. Tsu Chungchih

9. Chang Sui

10. Li Shih-chen

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Philip Emeagwali Philip Emeagwali is the first living scientist to be celebrated on postage stamps. Philip Emeagwali discovered that the partial differential equations of calculus could be solved across a global network of 65,536 computers. On the foreground were a system of partial differential equations of calculus that were at the mathematical core of the discovery made by Philip Emeagwali. Born: August 23, 1954, Akure, Nigeria More info: Over 100 Lectures at:

emeagwali.com SoundCloud.com/emeagwali

YouTube.com/emeagwali

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Centenary of Joseph Lister (1827–1912), antiseptic surgery

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale is one of the founders of modern nursing.

Born: May 12, 1820, Florence, Italy

Died: August 13, 1910, Park Lane, London, United Kingdom

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Marie Curie (1867–1934), 40th anniversary of discovery of radium.

Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie contributed to crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and

radioactivity. Discovered: Radium, Polonium

Born: May 15, 1859, Paris, France

Died: April 19, 1906, Paris, France

Marie Curie

Marie Skłodowska Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist

and chemist who co-discovered radium and polonium.

Born: November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Poland

Died: July 4, 1934, Passy, Haute-Savoie, France

Spouse: Pierre Curie (m. 1895–1906)

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

450th Anniversary of the Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus (issued in 1923)

Contribution “Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the famous Polish

mathematician and astronomer, responsible for formulating the

heliocentric theory. The theory states that the Sun is the center of our

planetary system, and not the Earth.” [Taken from official citation]

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850–1891)

First female mathematician on Russian postage stamps

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

A stamp printed in Communist China shows Seng Yi Xing.

Produced a calendar and contributed to astronomical knowledge. Wrote the book of Dayan Calendar and Kai Yuan Dayan Calendar.

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Li Shizhen

A Chinese polymath

Born: July 13, 1518, Qichun County

Died: 1593

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Zu Chongzhi was a Chinese mathematician and astronomer during the Liu Song and Southern Qi Dynasties.

Born: 429 AD, Jiankang, China

Died: 500 AD, China

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

Chang Heng, Astronomer; Tsu Chungchih, Mathematician;

Chang Sui, Astronomer; and Li Shih-chen, Physician and

pharmacologist

First Scientists on Postage Stamps

FACT SHEET—150 Naira Stamp

NG009.06

Country/Post Nigeria

Date of Issue 18 January 2006

Primary Theme Science & Technology (Information

Technology)

Subject Supercomputer Genius – Philip Emeagwali

Width 24.5 mm

Height 40 mm

Denomination 150 NGN

Number in Set 2

Layout/Format Sheet of 50

Perforations 13 x 13

Stamp-Issuing

Authority

Nigerian Postal Service

Printer Nigerian Security Printing & Minting Co Ltd