To make his barometer, Evangelista Torricelli inverted a glass tube in a dish of this
It's the only calendar month that can go without a full moon
Ventifacts are rocks that are shaped by sand driven by this force of nature
Prone to volcanoes & earthquakes, the "Ring of Fire" borders this ocean
Hematite is an important ore of this metal
He's the "Science Guy" seen here
In 1888 this French bacteriologist founded an institute in Paris to continue his rabies research
He formulated universal laws of gravitation & motion & was the first scientist buried at Westminster Abbey
Astronomer William Herschel wanted to call the seventh planet Georgium Sidus, or Georges Star
This Italian-born physicist first split the atom in 1934, although he didn't know it for 4 more years