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Scientists
Scientists, Inventors and Other Firsts
Question | Answer |
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Founded the American Red Cross | Clara Barton |
Invented the rapid fire gun which was the precursor of the machine gun | Richard Gatling |
Horticulturist who developed more than 800 new varieties of plants and flowers | Luther Burbank |
Son of slaves who produced more than 300 derivatives from peanuts | George Washington Carver |
Headed the scientists working on the Manhattan Project | Robert Oppenheimer |
Revolutionized the study of physics with his theory of relativity | Albert Einstein |
Psychologist and philosopher who examined the relationship among thought, experience, and action; associated with 'pragmatism' | William James |
Experimented with electricity and founded the American Philosophical Society | Benjamin Franklin |
Invented the revolver | Samuel Colt |
Patented more than 1000 inventions including the incandescent electric lamp and movie projector | Thomas Edison |
Italian-born physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics with his discovery of neutron-induced reaction; worked on the Manhattan Project | Enrico Fermi |
Co-discovered the molecular structure of DNA | James Watson |
Observed sea life and ushered in the environmental revolution with a book attacking the use of pesticides | Rachel Carson |
First female American doctor | Elizabeth Blackwell |
Famous for his drawings of birds | John James Audubon |