Famous Scientists word search puzzle for educational or recreational use.

To solve this word search puzzle, we need to find the names of famous scientists hidden in the grid. The instructions say words can be hidden in all directions: forwards, backwards, diagonally, and vertically.

Here is the step-by-step process to find each name from the list provided at the bottom:

1. Gauss: Looking at the first row, the last six letters spell GAUSS (left to right).
2. Archimedes: In the third row, starting from the 5th letter, it spells ARCHIMEDES (left to right).
3. Pythagoras: In the fourth row, starting from the 8th letter, it spells PYTHAGORAS (left to right).
4. Lavoisier: In the fifth row, starting from the 6th letter, it spells LAVOISIER (left to right).
5. Curie: In the sixth row, starting from the 10th letter, it spells CURIE (left to right). Note: "Marie Curie" is also on the list, but usually, if part of a name is found, we look for the full name or just the surname depending on the puzzle design. Let's keep looking. Actually, looking closely at row 6: `...GARDFCLJRX`. Wait, let me re-scan.
* Let's re-examine Row 6: `R Q Q J O N C Q C G A R D R F C L J R X`. No Curie here.
* Let's check Row 7: `A Y Z E O C I Y B X I G A S D P S G I R`. No.
* Let's check Row 8: `F G M A R I E C U R I E L J E L B U J U`. Ah, here it is! Starting at the 4th letter, it spells MARIE CURIE. So we found both "Marie Curie" and potentially just "Curie" if it appears elsewhere, but finding the full name covers both.
6. Fermi: In Row 9: `T N E C F I O F E R M I T K E O M N R T`. Starting at the 8th letter, it spells FERMI.
7. Hertz: In Row 10: `I I N C E A O H E R T Z O D O E O G M H`. Starting at the 8th letter, it spells HERTZ.
8. Cuvier: In Row 11: `V K O N I E T S N I E I N C U S L G I E`. Starting at the 14th letter, it spells CUVIER (backwards? No, `C U S L G I E`... wait. Let's look closer. `...N I N C U S...`. That's not Cuvier. Let's look for Cuvier elsewhere.
* Let's check Column 15 (approx).
* Let's re-read Row 11 carefully: `V K O N I E T S N I E I N C U S L G I E`.
* Let's look for Dalton. Row 12: `L W S T L R V O D K Z E F V I A W P T R`. No.
* Let's look for Hooke. Row 13: `N A T N A E V V P N M R W D M Y P H I F`. No.
* Let's look for Faraday. Row 14: `O H A O C W P I E V A V E A F O M K M O`. No.
* Let's look for Edison. Row 15: `P R W B S O Q G C N J O R Z C N C J K R`. No.
* Let's look for Roentgen. Row 16: `C O Q K A R T S K H O C L R O I U N O D`. No.
* Let's look for Mendel. Row 17: `C G H Q P N N L O G K S A E V W R Z B Y`. No.
* Let's look for Hippocrates. Row 18: `D H V T E V I O O V Z T G U A R I Y O D`. No.
* Let's look for Galvani. Row 19: `S W M O Z N K X C U E G T U L A E W Y S`. No.
* Let's look for Bell. Row 20: `D L R N M E Z I B S M F V L U D N D Z I`. No.

Let's restart the search more systematically by scanning for specific unique letters or patterns.

Found so far:
* GAUSS: Row 1, columns 13-17.
* ARCHIMEDES: Row 3, columns 5-14.
* PYTHAGORAS: Row 4, columns 8-17.
* LAVOISIER: Row 5, columns 6-14.
* MARIE CURIE: Row 8, columns 4-14 (spells MARIECURIE). This covers "Curie" and "Marie Curie".
* FERMI: Row 9, columns 8-12.
* HERTZ: Row 10, columns 8-12.

Let's look for Watson and Crick (often paired).
* Scanning for W-A-T-S-O-N.
* Row 12 starts with `L W S T...`. No.
* Let's check diagonals.
* Let's check vertical columns.
* Column 1: G, Y, A, D, A, R, A, F, T, I, V, L, N, O, P, C, C, D, S, D.
* Column 2: M, A, P, U, N, Q, Y, G, N, I, K, W, A, H, R, O, G, H, W, L.
* Let's look for Einstein.
* Row 14 has `...V A V E A...`.
* Row 15 has `...J O R Z...`.
* Let's check Row 6 again: `R Q Q J O N C Q C G A R D R F C L J R X`.
* Let's check Row 7: `A Y Z E O C I Y B X I G A S D P S G I R`.
* Let's check Row 11 again: `V K O N I E T S N I E I N C U S L G I E`.
* Wait, look at columns 4-9 in Row 11: `N I E T S N`. No.
* Look at columns 10-15: `I E I N C U`. No.
* Let's look for Newton? Not on the list.
* Let's look for Bohr? Not on the list.

Let's try finding Darwin.
* D-A-R-W-I-N.
* Row 20 ends with `...U D N D Z I`.
* Row 18 ends with `...R I Y O D`.
* Let's check diagonal backwards.

Let's try finding Kepler.
* K-E-P-L-E-R.
* Row 16: `C O Q K A R T S K H O C L R O I U N O D`.
* Letters 13-18 are `L R O I U N`. No.
* Letters 4-9: `K A R T S K`. No.

Let's try finding Franklin.
* F-R-A-N-K-L-I-N.
* Row 8 starts with `F G M...`.
* Row 13 ends with `...P H I F`.

Let's try finding Hawking.
* H-A-W-K-I-N-G.
* Row 16 has `...K H O...`.

Let's try finding Lamarck.
* L-A-M-A-R-C-K.
* Row 12 starts with `L W S...`.

Let's try finding Pascal.
* P-A-S-C-A-L.
* Row 15 starts with `P R W...`.

Let's try finding Hooke.
* H-O-O-K-E.
* Row 13 ends with `...P H I F`.
* Row 16 has `...H O C...`.

Let's try finding Faraday.
* F-A-R-A-D-A-Y.
* Row 8 starts with F. `F G M A R I E...`. No.

Let's try finding Edison.
* E-D-I-S-O-N.
* Row 14: `O H A O C W P I E V A V E A F O M K M O`.
* Row 15: `P R W B S O Q G C N J O R Z C N C J K R`.
* Columns 6-11: `S O Q G C N`. No.

Let's try finding Roentgen.
* R-O-E-N-T-G-E-N.
* Row 16: `C O Q K A R T S K H O C L R O I U N O D`.
* Ends with `...R O I U N O D`. Close to Roentgen? No.

Let's try finding Mendel.
* M-E-N-D-E-L.
* Row 17: `C G H Q P N N L O G K S A E V W R Z B Y`.
* Letters 6-11: `N N L O G K`. No.
* Letters 14-19: `A E V W R Z`. No.

Let's try finding Hippocrates.
* H-I-P-P-O-C-R-A-T-E-S.
* Row 18: `D H V T E V I O O V Z T G U A R I Y O D`.
* Starts with D.
* Letter 2 is H. `H V T E...`. No.

Let's try finding Galvani.
* G-A-L-V-A-N-I.
* Row 19: `S W M O Z N K X C U E G T U L A E W Y S`.
* Letters 12-18: `G T U L A E W`. No.

Let's try finding Bell.
* B-E-L-L.
* Row 20: `D L R N M E Z I B S M F V L U D N D Z I`.
* Letter 9 is B. `B S M F`. No.

Okay, I found the easy horizontal ones. Now I need to look vertically and diagonally.

Vertical Search:

* Column 1: G, Y, A, D, A, R, A, F, T, I, V, L, N, O, P, C, C, D, S, D.
* Column 2: M, A, P, U, N, Q, Y, G, N, I, K, W, A, H, R, O, G, H, W, L.
* Column 3: R, V, L, O, F, Q, Z, M, E, N, O, S, T, A, W, Q, H, V, M, R.
* Column 4: K, J, H, V, M, J, E, A, C, C, N, T, N, O, B, K, Q, T, O, N.
* Column 5: X, U, A, S, A, O, O, R, F, E, I, L, A, C, S, A, P, E, Z, M.
* Column 6: H, P, R, I, U, N, C, I, I, A, E, R, E, W, O, R, N, V, N, E.
* Column 7: Y, K, C, I, R, C, I, E, O, O, T, V, V, P, Q, T, N, I, K, Z.
* Column 8: G, R, H, P, L, Q, Y, L, H, H, S, O, P, I, G, S, L, O, X, I.
* Column 9: F, E, I, Y, A, C, B, J, E, Z, N, D, N, E, C, K, O, O, C, B.
* Column 10: S, I, M, T, V, G, X, E, R, O, I, Z, M, V, N, H, G, V, U, S.
* Column 11: K, V, E, H, O, A, I, M, M, D, E, E, R, A, J, O, K, Z, E, M.
* Column 12: R, C, S, A, I, R, G, I, I, O, I, F, W, V, O, C, S, T, G, F.
* Column 13: K, T, Y, G, S, D, A, L, T, E, N, V, D, E, R, L, A, G, T, V.
* Column 14: L, L, U, O, I, R, S, J, K, O, C, I, M, A, Z, R, E, U, U, L.
* Column 15: O, E, Q, R, E, F, D, E, E, O, S, A, Y, F, C, O, V, A, L, U.
* Column 16: G, B, J, E, T, L, P, B, G, G, L, W, P, O, N, I, W, R, A, D.
* Column 17: A, Z, E, S, V, J, S, U, M, M, G, P, H, M, C, U, R, I, E, N.
* Column 18: U, Q, Y, R, X, R, I, J, H, H, I, R, I, K, J, N, Z, Y, W, D.
* Column 19: S, Q, J, P, R, X, R, U, T, M, E, T, F, R, R, D, B, O, Y, Z.
* Column 20: S, Z, E, P, V, X, I, R, U, H, E, R, F, O, K, D, Y, D, S, I.

Let's look for WATSON vertically.
* Col 2: ...W... (Row 12). Above is K, below is A. `K W A H`. No.
* Col 12: ...W... (Row 12). Above is F, below is I. No.
* Col 16: ...W... (Row 12). Above is A, below is P. No.

Let's look for HOOKES or HOOKE.
* Col 8: Row 13 is A. Row 14 is O. Row 15 is B. No.

Let's look for NEWTON? Not on list.

Let's look for CURIE vertically.
* Col 15: Row 1 is O. Row 2 is E. Row 3 is Q. No.
* Col 17: Row 1 is A. Row 2 is E. Row 3 is Y. No.

Let's look for DALTON.
* D-A-L-T-O-N.
* Col 4: Row 4 is V. Row 5 is M. No.
* Col 1: Row 4 is D. Row 5 is A. Row 6 is R. `D A R...`. That's Darwin start?
* Col 1, Rows 4-9: D, A, R, A, F, T. No.
* Col 1, Rows 18-20: D, S, D. No.

Let's look for LAMARCK.
* L-A-M-A-R-C-K.
* Col 12: Row 12 is F. No.
* Col 15: Row 12 is A. Row 13 is Y. No.

Let's look for PASCAL.
* P-A-S-C-A-L.
* Col 15: Row 15 is C. Row 16 is O. No.
* Col 5: Row 15 is S. Row 16 is O. No.

Let's look for GAUSS vertically.
* Col 13: Row 1 is K. No.
* Col 17: Row 1 is A. No.

Let's look for HERTZ vertically.
* Col 8: Row 10 is H. Row 11 is Z. No, Row 10 is H, Row 11 is Z?
* Row 10 Col 8 is H.
* Row 11 Col 8 is Z.
* Row 12 Col 8 is D.
* Row 13 Col 8 is O.
* Row 14 Col 8 is I.
* `H Z D O I`. No.

Let's look for FERMI vertically.
* Col 8: Row 8 is J. No.
* Col 12: Row 9 is I. Row 10 is O. No.

Let's look for EINSTEIN.
* E-I-N-S-T-E-I-N.
* Col 11: Row 9 is M. No.
* Col 13: Row 9 is T. Row 10 is E. Row 11 is N. Row 12 is D. `T E N D`. No.

Let's look for FRANKLIN.
* F-R-A-N-K-L-I-N.
* Col 1: Row 8 is F. Row 9 is T. No.
* Col 9: Row 8 is E. No.

Let's look for HAWKING.
* H-A-W-K-I-N-G.
* Col 2: Row 14 is H. Row 15 is R. No.
* Col 8: Row 14 is I. No.

Let's look for KEPLER.
* K-E-P-L-E-R.
* Col 13: Row 1 is K. Row 2 is Y. No.
* Col 19: Row 15 is R. No.

Let's look for BELL.
* B-E-L-L.
* Col 9: Row 7 is B. Row 8 is J. No.
* Col 16: Row 17 is W. No.
* Col 20: Row 17 is Y. No.

Let's look for CRICK.
* C-R-I-C-K.
* Col 1: Row 16 is C. Row 17 is C. No.
* Col 9: Row 15 is C. Row 16 is K. `C K`. No.
* Col 15: Row 15 is C. Row 16 is O. No.

Let's look for WATSON again.
* Maybe diagonal?

Let's re-evaluate the horizontal finds. I might have missed some short ones or overlapping ones.
Row 1: `G M R K X H Y G F S K R K L O G A U S S` -> GAUSS (13-17)
Row 2: `Y A V J U P K R E I V U C T L L E B Z Q`
Row 3: `A P L H A R C H I M E D E S Y G U Q J E` -> ARCHIMEDES (5-14)
Row 4: `D U O V F S I I P Y T H A G O R A S R P` -> PYTHAGORAS (8-17)
Row 5: `A N F M A U R I L A V O I S I E R E T V` -> LAVOISIER (6-14)
Row 6: `R Q Q J O N C Q C G A R D R F C L J R X`
Row 7: `A Y Z E O C I Y B X I G A S D P S G I R`
Row 8: `F G M A R I E C U R I E L J E L B U J U` -> MARIE CURIE (4-14)
Row 9: `T N E C F I O F E R M I T K E O M N R T` -> FERMI (8-12)
Row 10: `I I N C E A O H E R T Z O D O E O G M H` -> HERTZ (8-12)
Row 11: `V K O N I E T S N I E I N C U S L G I E`
Row 12: `L W S T L R V O D K Z E F V I A W P T R`
Row 13: `N A T N A E V V P N M R W D M Y P H I F`
Row 14: `O H A O C W P I E V A V E A F O M K M O`
Row 15: `P R W B S O Q G C N J O R Z C N C J K R`
Row 16: `C O Q K A R T S K H O C L R O I U N O D`
Row 17: `C G H Q P N N L O G K S A E V W R Z B Y`
Row 18: `D H V T E V I O O V Z T G U A R I Y O D`
Row 19: `S W M O Z N K X C U E G T U L A E W Y S`
Row 20: `D L R N M E Z I B S M F V L U D N D Z I`

Okay, let's look at Row 11 again: `V K O N I E T S N I E I N C U S L G I E`
* Is EINSTEIN hidden here?
* `I E T S N I E I`. No.
* Is NEWTON hidden? No.
* Is HENRY? No.

Let's look at Row 12: `L W S T L R V O D K Z E F V I A W P T R`
* WATT? (James Watt). Not on list.
* VOLTA? Not on list.

Let's look at Row 13: `N A T N A E V V P N M R W D M Y P H I F`
* NAVIER? Not on list.
* AMPERE? Not on list.

Let's look at Row 14: `O H A O C W P I E V A V E A F O M K M O`
* OHM? Not on list.

Let's look at Row 15: `P R W B S O Q G C N J O R Z C N C J K R`
* BOHR? Not on list.

Let's look at Row 16: `C O Q K A R T S K H O C L R O I U N O D`
* KIRCHHOFF? Not on list.
* COULOMB? Not on list.

Let's look at Row 17: `C G H Q P N N L O G K S A E V W R Z B Y`
* LOGAN? No.

Let's look at Row 18: `D H V T E V I O O V Z T G U A R I Y O D`
* TURING? Not on list.

Let's look at Row 19: `S W M O Z N K X C U E G T U L A E W Y S`
* MAXWELL? Not on list.

Let's look at Row 20: `D L R N M E Z I B S M F V L U D N D Z I`
* LORENTZ? Not on list.

It seems many names are NOT in the horizontal rows. They must be vertical or diagonal.

Let's check Vertical Columns again for specific names.

WATSON:
* Look for W.
* Row 12 Col 2 is W. Below is A (13), T (14? No, 14 is A), S (15? No, 15 is W).
* Col 2, Rows 12-17: W, A, H, R, O, G. No.
* Row 12 Col 17 is W. Below is R (13), A (14), C (15), W (16)...
* Col 17, Rows 12-17: W, R, A, C, W, R. No.
* Row 15 Col 3 is W. Below is H (16? No, 16 is Q), V (17? No, 17 is H).
* Col 3, Rows 15-20: W, Q, H, V, M, R. No.
* Row 19 Col 2 is W. Below is L (20). No.
* Row 19 Col 18 is W. Below is D (20). No.
* Row 12 Col 17 is W. Let's check upwards.
* Col 17, Row 11 is I. Row 10 is G. Row 9 is M. Row 8 is H. Row 7 is I. Row 6 is R. Row 5 is E. Row 4 is A. Row 3 is Y. Row 2 is E. Row 1 is A.
* `A E Y A I R H M G I W`. No.

CRICK:
* Look for C.
* Col 1, Row 16 is C. Below is C (17), D (18), S (19), D (20). `C C D S D`. No.
* Col 1, Row 16 is C. Above is P (15), O (14), N (13), L (12), V (11), I (10), T (9), F (8), A (7), R (6), A (5), D (4), A (3), Y (2), G (1).
* `G Y A D A R A F T I V L N O P C`. No.
* Col 9, Row 15 is C. Above is N (14), E (13), D (12), O (11), O (10), R (9), J (8), B (7), C (6), A (5), Y (4), I (3), E (2), S (1).
* `S E I Y A C B J R O O D N E C`. No.
* Col 15, Row 15 is C. Above is R (14), D (13), F (12), S (11), G (10), T (9), E (8), D (7), F (6), E (5), Q (4), E (3), L (2), O (1).
* `O L E Q E F D T G S F D R C`. No.

BELL:
* Look for B.
* Col 9, Row 7 is B. Below is J (8), E (9), O (10), I (11), Z (12), M (13), V (14), N (15), K (16), G (17), V (18), C (19), B (20).
* `B J E O I Z M V N K G V C B`. No.
* Col 16, Row 2 is B. Below is Z (3), E (4), R (5), F (6), P (7), J (8), K (9), O (10), A (11), P (12), H (13), O (14), C (15), R (16), W (17), R (18), E (19), L (20).
* `B Z E R F P J K O A P H O C R W R E L`. No.
* Col 20, Row 2 is Q. No.
* Col 19, Row 17 is B. Below is Y (18), S (19), Z (20). No.
* Col 9, Row 20 is B? No, Row 20 Col 9 is B?
* Row 20: `D L R N M E Z I B S...`. Yes, Col 9 is B.
* Above B (Col 9, Row 20) is C (19), G (18), K (17), H (16), C (15), K (14), H (13), O (12), S (11), L (10), C (9), B (8), X (7), G (6), A (5), Y (4), H (3), P (2), M (1).
* `M P H Y A G X B C L S K H C K G C B`. No.

DIAGONALS:

Let's look for EINSTEIN.
* Start at Row 14, Col 9: E.
* Diagonal down-right:
* R14 C9: E
* R15 C10: O
* R16 C11: O
* R17 C12: S
* R18 C13: G
* R19 C14: U
* R20 C15: L
* `E O O S G U L`. No.
* Start at Row 11, Col 11: E.
* R11 C11: E
* R12 C12: F
* R13 C13: M
* R14 C14: A
* R15 C15: C
* R16 C16: R
* R17 C17: V
* R18 C18: I
* R19 C19: Y
* R20 C20: I
* `E F M A C R V I Y I`. No.

Let's look for NEWTON. Not on list.

Let's look for HAWKING.
* Start at Row 16, Col 8: H.
* Diagonal up-right:
* R16 C8: H
* R15 C9: C
* R14 C10: V
* R13 C11: M
* R12 C12: F
* R11 C13: N
* R10 C14: O
* R9 C15: E
* R8 C16: L
* R7 C17: S
* R6 C18: J
* R5 C19: E
* R4 C20: P
* `H C V M F N O E L S J E P`. No.
* Diagonal down-right:
* R16 C8: H
* R17 C9: O
* R18 C10: V
* R19 C11: E
* R20 C12: F
* `H O V E F`. No.

Let's look for HOOKE.
* Start at Row 16, Col 8: H.
* Right: O (9), C (10). No.
* Down: O (17), V (18), E (19), F (20). `H O V E F`. No.
* Up: I (15), I (14), I (13), D (12), O (11), H (10), J (9), B (8), C (7), A (6), Y (5), I (4), H (3), P (2), M (1).
* `M P H I Y A C B J O I I I H`. No.

Let's look for PASCAL.
* Start at Row 15, Col 1: P.
* Right: R. No.
* Down: C (16), C (17), D (18), S (19), D (20). `P C C D S D`. No.
* Diagonal down-right:
* R15 C1: P
* R16 C2: O
* R17 C3: H
* R18 C4: T
* R19 C5: Z
* R20 C6: E
* `P O H T Z E`. No.

Let's look for LAMARCK.
* Start at Row 12, Col 1: L.
* Right: W. No.
* Down: N (13), O (14), P (15), C (16), C (17), D (18), S (19), D (20). `L N O P C C D S D`. No.
* Diagonal down-right:
* R12 C1: L
* R13 C2: A
* R14 C3: A
* R15 C4: B
* R16 C5: A
* R17 C6: N
* R18 C7: I
* R19 C8: X
* R20 C9: B
* `L A A B A N I X B`. No.

Let's look for DARWIN.
* Start at Row 4, Col 1: D.
* Down: A (5), R (6), A (7), F (8), T (9), I (10), V (11), L (12), N (13), O (14), P (15), C (16), C (17), D (18), S (19), D (20).
* `D A R A F T I V L N O P C C D S D`.
* Wait, Rows 4-9: D, A, R, A, F, T.
* Rows 12-17: L, N, O, P, C, C.
* Is DARWIN hidden in `D A R ...`?
* D (4), A (5), R (6). Next is A (7). We need W.
* Is there a W nearby?
* Row 7 Col 2 is Y. Col 3 is Z. Col 4 is E. Col 5 is O. Col 6 is C. Col 7 is I. Col 8 is Y. Col 9 is B. Col 10 is X. Col 11 is I. Col 12 is G. Col 13 is A. Col 14 is S. Col 15 is D. Col 16 is P. Col 17 is S. Col 18 is G. Col 19 is I. Col 20 is R.
* No W in Row 7 near Col 1.

Let's look for GALVANI.
* Start at Row 19, Col 12: G.
* Right: T (13), U (14), L (15), A (16), E (17), W (18), Y (19), S (20).
* `G T U L A E W Y S`. No.
* Up: U (18), R (17), O (16), C (15), J (14), V (13), A (12), I (11), E (10), O (9), J (8), L (7), P (6), F (5), R (4), E (3), B (2), S (1).
* `S B E R F P L J O E I A V J C O R U G`. No.

Let's look for MENDEL.
* Start at Row 17, Col 14: L. No.
* Start at Row 17, Col 6: N.
* Right: N (7), L (8), O (9), G (10), K (11), S (12), A (13), E (14), V (15), W (16), R (17), Z (18), B (19), Y (20).
* `N N L O G K S A E V W R Z B Y`. No.

Let's look for HIPPOCRATES.
* Start at Row 18, Col 2: H.
* Right: V (3), T (4), E (5), V (6), I (7), O (8), O (9), V (10), Z (11), T (12), G (13), U (14), A (15), R (16), I (17), Y (18), O (19), D (20).
* `H V T E V I O O V Z T G U A R I Y O D`. No.

Let's look for KEPLER.
* Start at Row 16, Col 4: K.
* Right: A (5), R (6), T (7), S (8), K (9), H (10), O (11), C (12), L (13), R (14), O (15), I (16), U (17), N (18), O (19), D (20).
* `K A R T S K H O C L R O I U N O D`. No.
* Up: K (15? No, 15 is B), K (14? No, 14 is O), K (13? No, 13 is N), K (12? No, 12 is D), K (11? No, 11 is O), K (10? No, 10 is C), K (9? No, 9 is F), K (8? No, 8 is M), K (7? No, 7 is Z), K (6? No, 6 is Q), K (5? No, 5 is M), K (4? No, 4 is V), K (3? No, 3 is L), K (2? No, 2 is V), K (1? No, 1 is R).
* Col 4: R, J, H, V, M, J, E, A, C, C, N, T, N, O, B, K, Q, T, O, N.
* Row 16 is K. Row 17 is Q. No.

Let's look for ROENTGEN.
* Start at Row 16, Col 14: R.
* Left: O (13), C (12), H (11), K (10), S (9), T (8), R (7), A (6), K (5), Q (4), O (3), C (2), C (1).
* `C C O Q K A R T S K H O C R`. No.
* Right: O (15), I (16), U (17), N (18), O (19), D (20).
* `R O I U N O D`. Close to Roentgen? No.

Let's look for FARADAY.
* Start at Row 8, Col 1: F.
* Down: T (9), I (10), V (11), L (12), N (13), O (14), P (15), C (16), C (17), D (18), S (19), D (20).
* `F T I V L N O P C C D S D`. No.
* Right: G (2), M (3), A (4), R (5), I (6), E (7), C (8), U (9), R (10), I (11), E (12), L (13), J (14), E (15), L (16), B