swap_horiz Al-Jazari Alternatives

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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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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist and mechanical engineer who discovered X-rays in 1895 while experimenting...

German Physics 19TH Century Medical

9.8 Brilliant

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Wilhelm Roentgen

Wilhelm Roentgen was a German physicist who discovered X-rays in 1895. He produced and detected electromagnetic radiatio...

German Physics Historical Medical

9.8 Brilliant

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Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg developed a printing press utilizing movable type in the mid-15th century. This innovation dramatical...

German Press Printing 15TH Century

9.7 Brilliant

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Maurice Hilleman

Maurice Hilleman was a prominent American microbiologist whose groundbreaking work significantly advanced vaccine develo...

American Medicine 20TH Century Vaccines

9.7 Brilliant

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Mohamed Atalla

Mohamed Atalla was a pioneering electrical engineer instrumental in developing key technologies shaping the 20th century...

Bell Labs Mosfet Atm Pin 20THC

9.7 Brilliant

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Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur Wright)

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American aviation pioneers and bicycle manufacturers who developed the first successful s...

American Mechanical Aviation Transportation

9.7 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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Hero of Alexandria

Hero of Alexandria (also known as Heron) was a Greek mathematician and engineer active in Alexandria during the Roman pe...

Ancient Automata Greco Egyptian Aeolipile

9.4 Excellent

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Ernst Werner von Siemens

Ernst Werner von Siemens was a German electrical engineer, inventor, and industrialist who lived from 1816 to 1892. He c...

German Engineering 19TH Century Dynamo

9.1 Excellent

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Ctesibius

Ctesibius was a Greek inventor and mathematician active in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC. He is credited with fou...

Engineering Ancient Greek Water Clock

8.9 Great

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Ismail al-Jazari

Ismail al-Jazari (c. 1136 – c. 1206) was an Islamic scholar and engineer from Persia. He meticulously documented fifty m...

Engineering Automation Medieval Waterworks

8.8 Great

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Charles Steinmetz

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer whose work helped engineers a...

Engineering Electricity AC Power 20TH Century

8.6 Great

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Jacques de Vaucanson

Jacques de Vaucanson was an 18th-century French inventor and engineer renowned for creating highly sophisticated mechani...

18TH Century French Mechanical Loom

8.6 Great

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William Murdoch

William Murdoch was a Scottish engineer and inventor who worked for the steam-engine firm Boulton and Watt during the la...

18TH Century Engineering Scottish Gas Lighting

8.6 Great

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Hiram Maxim

Hiram Maxim was a late 19th-century engineer and inventor best known for designing the Maxim gun. This weapon represente...

Engineering 19TH Century Firearms American British

8.4 Great

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Thomas A. Watson

Thomas A. Watson was an American inventor and machinist who worked as Alexander Graham Bell's assistant during the devel...

Engineering American 19TH Century Telephone

8.2 Great

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Francois Hennebique

François Hennebique was a French engineer and pioneering figure in the development of modern reinforced concrete constru...

Engineering French 19TH Century Construction

7.7 Good

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Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson is an American engineer and inventor who began his career working on stealth technology for the United St...

Engineering American 20TH Century Toy

7.4 Good

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David Crosthwait

David Crosthwait (1898-1976) was an African American mechanical and electrical engineer who pioneered innovations in hea...

Engineering American 20TH Century Heating

7.3 Good