Science
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Think Swiss explain how Switzerland’s most important exports are machines, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and jewelry. Leading companies in mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals, bio- and medical technology, and computer sciences are headquartered in Switzerland.
Switzerland has also exported brilliant minds to the United States.
Thomas Zurbuchen
Swiss-born Thomas Zurbuchen, a rising star of astrophysics and a Professor of Space Science and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Think Swiss Climate Trail Quiz
How much do you really know about current environmental issues? Switzerland is at the forefront of an energy efficient globe movement—and this Think Swiss quiz is just a warm up.
Claude Nicollier
Claude Nicollier is Switzerland's man in space.
He was part of four space missions: Atlantis (1992), Hubble Repair (1993), Columbia (1996) and Discovery (1999). He retired as an astronaut after the Discovery flight, but continues to work with NASA.
Professor Konrad Akert
Professor Konrad Akert is a neurosurgeon in Switzerland.
Earlier in his life he taught at Johns Hopkins and the University of Wisconsin.
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
1926 - 2004
Psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross devoted her professional life to investigating death. In the 1970s she was instrumental in breaking the taboos that surround the process of dying.
Albert Gallatin
He refused to serve a tyrant. That decision led him to the United States where he established the Treasury Department.
Fritz Zwicky
1898-1974
Fritz Zwicky astrophysicist and rocket scientist. Born in Varna, Bulgaria, to Swiss parents, and grew up in Canton Glarus.
