Scientists
- Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh, (Sudanese) executive director of the Fiqh Council of North America.
- Mohammad S. Obaidat, (Jordanian) President of and a Fellow of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). Obaidat has received many awards, including the SCS McLeod Founder's Award for his outstanding technical contribution to Computer modeling and simulation.
- Charles Elachi, (Lebanese) director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- Elias Zerhouni (Algerian) current director of the National Institutes of Health.
- Elias James Corey, (Lebanese) winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- Ahmed Zewail (Egyptian) winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- Farouk El-Baz Egyptian American scientist who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon.
- Fawwaz T. Ulaby (Syrian) winner of the 2006 IEEE Edison Medal and former Vice President of Research for the University of Michigan.
- Nawal M. Nour, (Sudanese) an obstetrician and gynecologist and 2003 Genius Award winner (Sudanese).
- Ali H. Nayfeh, (Palestinian) a well-know scholar in mechanics and recipient of numerous awards
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Famous quotes containing the word scientists:
“Y’know scientists are funny. We probe and measure and dissect. Invent lights without heat, weigh a caterpillar’s eyebrow. But when it comes to really important things we’re as stupid as the caveman.... Like love. Makes the world go ‘round, but what do we know about it? Is it a fact? Is it chemistry? Electricity?”
—Martin Berkeley, and Jack Arnold. Helen Dobson (Lori Nelson)
“All you of Earth are idiots!... First was your firecracker, a harmless explosive. Then your hand grenade. They begin to kill your own people a few at a time. Then the bomb. Then a larger bomb, many people are killed at one time. Then your scientists stumbled upon the atom bomb—split the atom. Then the hydrogen bomb, where you actually explode the air itself.”
—Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1922–1978)
“The myth of motherhood as martyrdom has been bred into women, and behavioral scientists have helped embellish the myth with their ideas of correct “feminine” behavior. If women understand that they do not have to ignore their own needs and desires when they become mothers, that to be self-interested is not to be selfish, it will help them to avoid the trap of overattachment.”
—Grace Baruch (20th century)