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- Zeldovich mechanismZel'dovich mechanism is a chemical mechanism that describes the oxidation of nitrogen and
- Zeldovich–Taylor flowZeldovich–Taylor flow (also known as Zeldovich–Taylor expansion wave) is the fluid motion
- Zena WerbGerman-born cell biologist
- Zero soundZero sound is the name given by Lev Landau in 1957 to the unique quantum vibrations in qua
- Zhang YuzheChinese astronomer
- Zhang ZhongjingChinese physician and pharmacologist (150–219)
- Zheng ZheminZheng Zhemin (2 October 1924 – 25 August 2021), also romanized as Cheng Che-Min, was a Chi
- Zhores AlferovRussian physicist (1930–2019)
- Zhu ShijieChinese mathematician during the Yuan dynasty
- Zinaida BotschantzevaRussian botanist and embryologist
- Zosimos of PanopolisAlchemist of the 4th century CE
- Zsófia TormaHungarian archaeologist
- Zu ChongzhiChinese mathematician-astronomer (429–500)
- Zulma Brandoni de GaspariniArgentine paleontologist
- Zygmunt JaniszewskiZygmunt Janiszewski (12 July 1888 – 3 January 1920) was a Polish mathematician.

