page_title: List of atheists in science and technology
section_title: Z
hierarchical_section_title: List of atheists in science and technology / Z
caption_attribution_description: Русский: 100 лет со дня рождения Я.Б. Зельдовича (1914–1987), физика-теоретика
context_page_description: This is a list of atheists in science and technology. A mere statement by a person that he or she does not believe in God does not meet the criteria for inclusion on this list. Persons in this list are people who both have publicly identified themselves as atheists and whose atheism is relevant to their notable activities or public life.
context_section_description: Oscar Zariski (1899–1986): American mathematician and one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century.
  Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich (1914–1987): Soviet physicist born in Belarus. He played an important role in the development of Soviet nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, and made important contributions to the fields of adsorption and catalysis, shock waves, nuclear physics, particle physics, astrophysics, physical cosmology, and general relativity.
  Emile Zuckerkandl (1922–2013): Austrian-born biologist who is considered one of the founders of the field of molecular evolution, who co-introduced the concept of the "molecular clock", which enabled the neutral theory of molecular evolution.
  Konrad Zuse (1910–1995): German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. He is regarded as one the inventors of the modern computer.
  Fritz Zwicky (1898–1974): Swiss astronomer and astrophysicist.
caption: Yakov Zeldovich
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