Introduction Peter Harman 1. William Gilbert Stephen Pumfrey 2. William Harvey Andrew Cunningham 3. Isaac Newton Rupert Hall 4. William Whewell Richard Yeo 5. Adam Sedgwick David Oldroyd 6. Charles Babbage Anthony Hyman 7. Charles Darwin Peter Bowler 8. Stokes and Kelvin David Wilson 9. James Clerk Maxwell Simon Schaffer 10. Russell and Whitehead Ivor Grattan-Guinness 11. Thomson and Rutherford Brian Pippard 12. Gowland Hopkins Harmke Kamminga 13. Sherrington and Adrian Tilli Tansey 14. Hardy and Littlewood Robin Wilson 15. Arthur Eddington Malcolm Longair 16. Paul Dirac Helge Kragh 17. Alan Turing Andrew Hodges 18. Crick and Watson Robert Olby 19. Mary Cartwright Tom Korner 20. Joseph Needham Gregory Blue 21. Molecular biology Max Perutz 22. Radioastronomy Antony Hewish 23. Stephen Hawking Simon Mitton.
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