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History of science in Belgium

In this story, you will learn more about the rich tradition of Belgian scientific history, from the Renaissance, through key figures such as Adolphe Quetelet and George Sarton, to the present day.

Paul Gustave Glansdorff

Engineer and physicist specialised in thermodynamics.

17/10/1904 (Saint-Gilles)
23/06/1999 (Uccle)

Paul P. Bockstaele

Belgian mathematician and university teacher.

07/02/1920 (Melle)
03/08/2009 (Oud-Heverlee)

Pierre Félix baron de Béthune

Geologist, geomorphologist and baron.

23/03/1909 (Ixelles)
20/03/1991 (Louvain-la-Neuve)

The Masters of science: Belgian Nobel laureates and the pride of the nation

In 2013, Brussels-based professor and physicist François Englert was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Englert joined the illustrious group of Belgian Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Read more about them in this story!

Théophile Ernest De Donder

Physicist and chemist considered a founder of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.

19/08/1872 (Schaerbeek)
11/05/1957 (Brussels)