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| In 1983 and 1984 they discovered the HIV virus and determined that it was the cause of AIDS. | show | French and American
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| show | Nicholas, (1473-1543) | Polish
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| show | Isaac, Newton (1642-1727) | English
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| show | Michael, Faraday (1791-1867) | English
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| He not only discovered that disease came from microorganisms but he also realized that bacteria could be killed by heat and disinfectant. Developed inoculation for anthrax cholera and rabies in animals | Louis, Pasteur (1822-1895) | 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. | Georges, Lemaître | 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 | English and Chicagoian
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| show | Dmitri, Mendeleev | Russian
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| He won a 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research on the structure of an atom and for his work in the development of the quantum theory. Although he help develop the atomic bomb he frequently promoted the use of atomic power for peaceful purposes. | Niels, Bohr | show 🗑
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| A physicist discovered X-rays in 1895. For this discovery he was awarded the first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. | Wilhelm, Roentgen | show 🗑
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| show | Galen | Turkish
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| show | Robert, Hooke | English
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| Father of modern taxonomy. Came up with the system of naming ranking and classifying organisms that we still use today. He separated all living things into 3 kingdoms; animals plants and minerals. | show | Swedish
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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 | Czech
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| Duo famous for being the first scientists to clone a mammal (Dolly the Sheep) | show | Both English
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| Discovered that any object wholly or partially immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. | Archimedes | show 🗑
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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 | Polish
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| Invented the first successful vaccine for polio in 1954 | show | North Yorkian
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| Inventor of the radio. Made improvements in wireless communication allowing messages to be sent across English Channel. Worked on developing shortwave wireless communication | Guglielmo, Marconi (1874-1937) | show 🗑
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| Inventor of the TV | Philo, Farnsworth | show 🗑
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| show | Alexander Graham, Bell | American, English, Scottish
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| Designer of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Created artificial lighting and demonstrated wireless communication. Principle of rotating magnetic field. Installed electric power machinery at Niagara Falls | show | Croatian
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| show | Nicéphore, Niépce | French
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| show | Johannes, Gutenberg | German
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| show | Wiliam, Herschel | German-British
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| Astronomer and mathematician. Determined several astronomical parameters and calculated tables of tangents cotangents advancing the study of trigonometry | Abul', Wafa (940-998) | show 🗑
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| Philosopher and scientist. A student of Plato he taught and wrote about logics metaphysics natural science rhetoric ethics and poetics. He tutored Alexander the Great and identified dolphins. | show | Greek
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| Mathematician and inventor. He perfected a calculating machine and invented the ophthalmoscope; instrument used to view interior of the eye. Credited with building 1 of the 1st programmable computers | show | English
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| Philosopher scientist & Franciscan monk. Made gunpowder & experimented in optics & alchemy. Wrote on logic grammar math philosophy philology. Imprisoned on heresey | Roger, Bacon (1220-1292) | show 🗑
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| Chemist and inventor. Discovered Bakelite a synthetic resin. | Leo Hendrick, Baekeland (1863-1944) | show 🗑
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| In 1967 he performed the 1st successful human heart transplant. | show | South African
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| Engineer and auto manufacturer. Leader in construction of motor-driven vehicles. In 1883 he founded Benz & Co in Mannheim to produce stationary engines. Started making cars in 1893 | Carl Friedrich, Benz (1844-1929) | show 🗑
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| show | Wallace Hume, Carothers (1896-1937) | Iowan
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| show | Gottlieb Wilhelm, Daimler (1834-1900) | German
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| show | Charles, Darwin (1809-1882) | English
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| show | George, Eastman (1854-1932) | New Yorker
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| show | Thomas Alva, Edison, (1847-1931)"Wizard of Menlo Park" | Ohioan (ayyyy)
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| show | Paul, Ehrlich (1854-1915) | German
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| Deduced the theory of relativity Brownian motion and the photoelectric effect. Made key contributions to quantum theory. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. Served at in Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton | show | German
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| Geometer. Developed the theory of plane geometry. His mathematical treatise Elements became the staple for later works in geometry until the 19th century when math started departed from that system. | show | Greek
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| Bacteriologist. Accidentally discovered the 1st antibiotic penicillin in 1928 one of the most important contributions in 20th century medicine. Won Nobel Prize for physiology/medicine in 1945 | Sir Alexander, Fleming (1881-1955) | show 🗑
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| 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 | Bostonian
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| show | Sigmund, Freud (1856-1939) | Austrian
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| show | Robert, Fulton (1765-1815) | Pennsylvanian
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| Discovered isochronism of the pendulum. Created hydrostatic balance. Illustrated that bodies of different weights fall w/the same velocity. Improved the refracting telescope. Tried by the Inquisition for supporting heliocentrism | show | Italian
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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 | Washingtonian
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| Army officer and engineer. Chief engineer for Panama Canal who saw canal construction through to completion | show | New Yorkian
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| Primate research. First to document that chimpanzees used objects as tools communicated with facial expressions body language and sound and sometimes ate meat. | Jane, Goodall (1934-) | show 🗑
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| Inventor who developed vulcanization process for treating rubber in 1839. | show | Connecticutian
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| Physician. 1st to accurately describe the human circulatory system and the function of the heart. | William, Harvey (1578-1657) | show 🗑
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| 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. | Hippocrates (460-377 BC) | show 🗑
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| show | Dorothy Crowfoot, Hodgkin (1910-1994) | Egyptian
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| show | Edwin, Hubble (1889-1953) | Missourian
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| 1st to use a pendulum in clocks to help regulate time. Designed new method of grinding/polishing lenses. Solved questions about centrifugal force. Designed wave theory of light that stated light moved in waves of constant vibrations | show | Dutch
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| Inventor who developed composition billiard balls water filter & purifier designed a new type of sewing machine and process for solidifyin hardwood | John Wesley, Hyatt (1837-1920) | show 🗑
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| Neoplatonic philosopher mathematician and astronomer. Advance algebraic theory. | Hypatia of, Alexandria (370-415) | show 🗑
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| 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 | Edward, Jenner (1749-1823) | show 🗑
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| Cofounder of Apple. Advanced the appeal and usefulness of computing through such innovative elegantly designed products as the Mac; which introduced the mouse and graphical user interface the iPod iPhone and 1st table iPad | Steve, Jobs (1955-2011) | show 🗑
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| Astronomer. Deduced ray theory of light to explain vision; founder of modern optics. Established 3 laws of planetary motion. His work contributed to the development of calculus. Newton built his theories on this man's work. | show | German
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| show | Charles Franklin, Kettering (1876-1958) | Ohioan
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| Chemist and father of modern chemistry. He named oxygen and proposed law of conservation of matter (nothing is destroyed or created in a chemical reaction merely altered). Killed during the French Revolution | show | French
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| Physicist who produced radioactive isotopes and used radioactivity in medicine. Introduced use of neutron beams in cancer treatment. Invented the cyclotron. | Ernest, Lawrence (1901-1958) | show 🗑
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| Archaeologist. Discovered the skeleton of a primitive ape in 1948 a skull of 1.75 million year old hominid in 1959 and a fossilized footprint of a human so old it led her to deduce that humans walked upright 3.6 mil years ago | Mary, Leakey (1913-1996) | show 🗑
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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. | Antoni van, Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) | show 🗑
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| Dutch spectacle maker credited with inventing the 1st telescope in 1608. | Hans, Lippershey (1570-1619) | show 🗑
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| Alchemist. Invented the prototype of an autoclave a device used for distilling liquids; an apparatus-kerotakis-used to make alloys and a double boiler | Mary the Jewess (1st century BC) | show 🗑
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| German scientist who wrote the 1st German handbook of astronomy and physics. | Konrad van, Megenberg (1309-1374) | show 🗑
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| show | Gregor, Mendel (1822-1884) |
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| show | Maria, Merian (1647-1717) |
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| Italian anatomist. Wrote textbook on human anatomy that was standard text until Andreas Vesalius published his opus on human anatomy in 1543. | Mondino, d'Luzzi (1275-1326) | show 🗑
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| show | Samuel, Morse (1791-1872) |
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| show | J. Robert, Oppenheimer (1904-1967) |
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| English chemist and mathematician who at 19 was the 1st person to produce an artificial dye (it was accidental; he was trying to synthesize quinine) | show |
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| English chemist who discovered that plants produce oxygen and that sunlight was necessary for planet growth | Joseph, Priestley (1733-1804) | show 🗑
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| English physicist who invented the calotype a photographic process faster than Louis Daguerre's daguerreotype. The calotype was the first to use a negative for making multiple prints. | show |
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| Italian physicist who pioneered electric studies. Invented the voltaic battery; the 1st electric battery. | Alessandro, Volta (1745-1827) | show 🗑
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| show | James, Watt (1736-1819) |
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| German scientist who accidentally discovered X-Rays in 1895. | Wilhelm Conrad, Rontgen (1845-1923) | show 🗑
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| show | John, Dalton (1766-1844) |
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| Father of nuclear physics. Discovered the proton and nucleus of an atom. Famous for his gold-foil experiment. Discovered the concept of radioactive half-life. Differentiated alpha & beta radiation | Ernest, Rutherford (1871-1937) | show 🗑
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| In 1932 this man proved that neutrons exist; confirming what Ernest Rutherford had predicted years before. | James, Chadwick (1891-1974) | show 🗑
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| In 1897 this British physicist discovered the electron. | JJ, Thomson (1856-1940) | show 🗑
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| show | Alfred, Nobel |
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| Inventor of the Revolver | Samuel, Colt | show 🗑
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| Inventor of the World Wide Web | show |
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| Inventor of bifocal lens | Benjamin, Franklin | show 🗑
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| show | Jacques, Cousteau |
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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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| Inventor of the steel plow | John, Deere | show 🗑
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| Inventor of the paddlewheel steamship | Robert, Fulton | show 🗑
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| show | Alexander, Graham Bell |
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| Inventor of the cotton gin | show |
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| Inventor of air brakes mainly for transportation | George, Westinghouse | show 🗑
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| show | Charles, Goodyear |
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| Inventor of the mechanical mower-reaper | show |
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| Inventor of arc lighting and incandescent lamp | Nicolai, Tesla | show 🗑
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| show | Joseph, Glidden |
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| Swiss-American zoologist and geologist famous for first proposing the ice ages | show |
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