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Fred Sanger

Frederick Sanger was a British biochemist renowned for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology. He developed pionee...

20TH Century British Biochemistry Genetics

9.8 Brilliant

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Katalin Karikó

Katalin Karikó is a biochemist whose pioneering research on modified messenger RNA (mRNA) revolutionized biotechnology....

Medicine 21ST Century Biotech Hungarian American

9.7 Brilliant

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George Boole

George Boole was a 19th-century English mathematician and logician whose work formalized the algebra of logic. His 1854...

Mathematics 19TH Century Computing British

9.6 Brilliant

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Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace is recognized as the first computer programmer for her notes on Charles Babbages Analytical Engine. Her ins...

Software Algorithm Mathematics Computer Science

9.5 Brilliant

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John Harrison

John Harrison was a British horologist and inventor of the 18th century. He dedicated his life to solving the challengin...

18TH Century Navigation British Horology

9.5 Brilliant

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Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), was a British mathematical physicist and engineer. He played a central ro...

Physics Theory 19TH Century British

9.5 Brilliant

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Charles Parsons

Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish engineer and inventor best known for developing the reaction steam turbine....

Engineering 19TH Century Mechanical British

9.5 Brilliant

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Thomas Young

Thomas Young (1773–1829) was a British polymath whose contributions spanned physics, physiology, linguistics, and medici...

Physics Theory 19TH Century British

9.4 Excellent

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Lord Kelvin

Lord Kelvin, born William Thomson, was a prominent Irish-Scottish mathematical physicist and engineer who worked in the...

Physics 19TH Century British Thermodynamics

9.4 Excellent

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Stuart Parkin

Stuart Parkin is a British physicist recognized for his pioneering work on giant magnetoresistance (GMR). His research i...

20TH Century Ibm British Data Storage

9.3 Excellent

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J.J. Thomson

Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856–1940) was a British physicist who served as the head of the Cavendish Laboratory at the Un...

Physics 19TH Century British Electron Discovery

9.3 Excellent

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James Chadwick

James Chadwick was a British physicist who fundamentally advanced the field of nuclear physics by discovering the neutro...

Science 20TH Century British Nuclear Physics

9.2 Excellent

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Andy Rubin

Andy Rubin is an American inventor recognized for his pivotal role in developing the Android operating system. He co-fou...

Mobile American 21ST Century Computing

9.1 Excellent

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Charles Hull

Charles Hull was an American inventor instrumental in developing modern 3D printing. He created stereolithography, a pio...

American 3D Printing 20TH Century Stereolithography

9.1 Excellent

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Tom Kilburn

Tom Kilburn was an English mathematician and computer scientist associated with the early development of stored-program...

20TH Century Computing Memory British

9.0 Excellent

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William Fox Talbot

William Fox Talbot was a British inventor responsible for pioneering photography in the 19th century. His development of...

Photography 19TH Century British Calotype

8.9 Great

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Charles Wheatstone

Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875) was an English physicist and inventor. He is best remembered for his contributions to the...

19TH Century British Electrical Telegraph

8.9 Great

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John Ambrose Fleming

John Ambrose Fleming (1849–1945) was an English physicist and electrical engineer who made foundational contributions to...

19TH Century British Electronics Vacuum Tube

8.9 Great

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John Starley

John Kemp Starley was an English inventor and industrialist who fundamentally changed personal transportation with his b...

19TH Century Cycling British Transportation

8.9 Great

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Jonathan Ive

Sir Jonathan Ive is a British industrial designer who led the design team at Apple Inc. for over two decades, eventually...

Modern Design Apple Industrial Design

8.9 Great