Scientists/Inventors
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| Polish astronomer & physician. Founder of modern astronomy. Deduced that the Earth rotates on its axis and that the planets revolve around the sun: the heliocentric theory | show 🗑
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| show | Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
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| English chemist/physicist who made advances in electricity/magnetism. Invented electric motor & generator and the transformer. Deduced the principle of electromagnetic induction (Law of Electrolysis) | show 🗑
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| show | Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
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| His theory of special relativity explains the relationships between speed, time & distance. It states that the speed of light always remains the same (186,000 miles/sec) regardless of how fast someone or something is moving toward or away from it. | show 🗑
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| In 1927 he proposed the Big Bang theory of the universe. It says that all the matter in the universe was originally compressed into a tiny dot. In a fraction of a second, the dot expanded, & all the matter instantly filled what is now our universe. | show 🗑
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| The two scientists found the double-helix structure of DNA. It’s made up of two strands that twist around each other and have an almost endless variety of chemical patterns that create instructions for the human body to follow. | show 🗑
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| show | Dmitri Mendeleev
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| show | Niels Bohr
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| In 1983 and 1984 they discovered the HIV virus and determined that it was the cause of AIDS. | show 🗑
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| A German physicist, discovered X-rays in 1895. For this discovery, Roentgen was awarded the first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. | show 🗑
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| Famous for discovering the cell. He had an extraordinary ability to manipulate microscopes, and when applying this ability to looking closely at a thin slice of cork observed empty spaces contained with walls - terming them cells. | show 🗑
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| show | Carl Linnaeus
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| Founder of modern genetics. He used peas to discover and demonstrate the laws of genetic inheritance, coining the terms dominant and recessive genes in the process | show 🗑
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| show | Archimedes
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| Husband and wife remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium and described radioactivity. Wife invented the mobile x-ray unit and receive Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 | show 🗑
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| show | Jonas Salk (1914-1995)
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| Italian inventor of the radio. Made improvements in wireless communication, allowing messages to be sent across English Channel. Worked on developing shortwave wireless communication | show 🗑
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| show | Philo Farnsworth
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| show | Alexander Graham Bell
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| show | Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
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| show | Nicéphore Niépce
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| show | Johannes Gutenberg
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| Discovered Infrared Light | show 🗑
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| Persian astronomer and mathematician. Determined several astronomical parameters and calculated tables of tangents, cotangents, advancing the study of trigonometry | show 🗑
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| show | Aristotle (384-332 B.C.)
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| show | Charles Babbage (1792-1871)
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| show | Roger Bacon (1220-1292)
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| American chemist and inventor. Discovered Bakelite, a synthetic resin. | show 🗑
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| show | Christiaan Neethling Barnard (1922-2001)
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| show | Carl Friedrich Benz (1844-1929)
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| American chemist who patented the synthetic material nylon in 1937. | show 🗑
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| German engineer, inventor and auto manufacturer. Received patent for small, high-speed internal combustion engine. Leader in developing the automobile. | show 🗑
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| English naturalist best known for his theory of evolution by natural selection. Sailed on the HMS Beagle collecting flora, fauna and fossil from the Galapagos Archipelago | show 🗑
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| show | George Eastman (1854-1932)
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| American inventor with 1000+ inventions: electric vote recorder, printing telegraph, microphone, phonograph, incandescent electric light bulb, alkaline storage battery, high speed camera & kinetograph | show 🗑
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| German chemist and bacteriologist. Made great innovations in immunology and chemotherapy. Won Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Elie Metchnikoff in 1908 | show 🗑
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| show | Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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| show | Euclid (300 B.C.)
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| show | Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)
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| American statesman, inventor and philosopher. Created foundation of public libraries, invented an improved heat stove, experimented with electricity and kites. Signed Declaration of Independence. Abolitionists | show 🗑
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| Austrian neurologist/psychologist. Theorized that repressed memories lead to unhealthy mental states. Id, Ego, Superego make up the mind. Described the Oedipus Complex; children are jealous of the same-sex parent and lustful for the opposite sex one. | show 🗑
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| show | Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
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| show | Galileo (1564-1642)
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| Co-founder of Microsoft. By licensing Windows, web browsers and productivity software to manufacturers of IBM-compatible PCs, he became software maker to the world. Nearly 90% of consumers & business use his work. | show 🗑
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| show | George Washington Goethals (1858-1928)
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| show | Jane Goodall (1934-)
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| show | Charles Goodyear (1800-1860)
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| English physician. 1st to accurately describe the human circulatory system and the function of the heart. | show 🗑
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| Greek physician known as the father of medicine. Developed a code of medical ethics known as the Hippocratic Oath; which all new doctors swear to uphold the oath. | show 🗑
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| 1st scientist to use computer analysis to study the molecular structure of vitamin B12, penicillin and insulin. Awarded Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964. | show 🗑
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| American astronomer who first discovered the Milk Way galaxy is but one of billions. Studied the redshift in galaxies' light spectra, he helped confirm that the universe is expanding. | show 🗑
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| show | Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695)
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| show | John Wesley Hyatt (1837-1920)
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| show | Hypatia of Alexandria (370-415)
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| English physician. In 1796, after observing that milkmaids who had cowpox did not get smallpox, he vaccinated an 8-year old boy with cowpox vesicles, hence successfully testing a vaccine for smallpox | show 🗑
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| show | Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
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| show | Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
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| American electrical engineer who created 1st electric cash register, automotive self-starter engine, and numerous automobile improvements. | show 🗑
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| show | Antoine-Lauren Lavoisier (1743-1794)
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| show | Ernest Lawrence (1901-1958)
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| show | Mary Leakey (1913-1996)
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| Dutch inventor. Redesigned the microscope, achieving magnifications of more than 250. Discovered protozoa and was the first to publish drawings of bacteria. | show 🗑
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| show | Hans Lippershey (1570-1619)
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| show | Mary the Jewess (1st century BC)
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| German scientist who wrote the 1st German handbook of astronomy and physics. | show 🗑
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| Austrian biologist. His experiments crossbreeding peas led to the develop of Mendel's law stating that characteristics in animals and plants are passed down through successive generations. | show 🗑
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| German naturalist. Her observations & paintings of insect metamorphoses were collected in her book Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium; advanced biological classification | show 🗑
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| show | Mondino d'Luzzi (1275-1326)
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| show | Montgolfier Brothers
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| American artist and inventor. Created Morse code and telegraph received a patent for it in 1837. | show 🗑
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| American physicist who directed the Manhattan Project (1942-1945) which developed the atomic bomb. | show 🗑
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| show | Sir William Henry Perkins (1838-1907)
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| show | Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)
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| show | Rhazes (854-925)
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| show | William Talbot (1800-1877)
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| Italian physicist who pioneered electric studies. Invented the voltaic battery; the 1st electric battery. The electrical unit volt is named after him. | show 🗑
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| Scottish inventor and engineer. Invented modern condensing steam engine in 1765 and double-acting engine in 1782. A single unit of energy was named after him. | show 🗑
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| show | Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923)
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| show | John Dalton (1766-1844)
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| show | Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)
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| show | James Chadwick (1891-1974)
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| show | JJ Thomson (1856-1940)
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| show | Alfred Nobel
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| show | Samuel Colt
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| Inventor of the World Wide Web | show 🗑
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| Inventor of bifocal lens | show 🗑
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| Inventor of Scuba Gear | show 🗑
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| Inventor of X-Ray Imagining | show 🗑
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| Photography pioneer, invented paperback flexible film, the Kodak camera | show 🗑
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| Inventor of the phonograph | show 🗑
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| show | Samuel Morse
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| show | Elias Howe
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| show | John Deere
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| show | Robert Fulton
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| show | Alexander Graham Bell
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| show | Eli Whitney
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| show | George Westinghouse
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| show | Robert H. Goddard
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| Rubber industry pioneer; discovered the Vulcanization | show 🗑
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| Inventor of the mechanical mower-reaper | show 🗑
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| Inventor of arc lighting and incandescent lamp | show 🗑
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| Inventor of barbed wire | show 🗑
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| Inventor of the zipper | show 🗑
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