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Stephanie Louise Kwolek

Stephanie Louise Kwolek was an American chemist renowned for her research in polymer chemistry while working at the DuPo...

American Chemistry Materials Mid 20TH

9.31 Excellent

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Margaret Knight

Margaret Knight was an American inventor credited with developing a machine in 1868 that automatically folded and glued...

American Historical Packaging Materials

8.61 Great

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Leo Baekeland

Leo Baekeland was a 20th-century chemist recognized for developing Bakelite, the world’s first wholly synthetic plastic....

20TH Century Plastic Materials Bakelite

8.52 Great

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James L. Fergason

James L. Fergason was an American inventor instrumental in the development of practical twisted nematic liquid crystal d...

American 20TH Century LCD Display Materials

8.42 Great

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Bi Sheng

Bi Sheng, a craftsman of the Song Dynasty, developed movable type printing in China around 1040. He utilized uniquely sh...

Chinese Printing Song Dynasty Movable Type

8.04 Great

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Mária Telkes

Mária Telkes was a Hungarian-American inventor renowned for her work integrating solar energy into building design durin...

20TH Century Solar Energy Materials Hungarian American

8.00 Great

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Harry Brearley

Harry Brearley (1871–1948) was an English metallurgist and inventor credited with the industrial development of stainles...

20TH Century Stainless Steel British Materials

7.93 Good

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Roy Plunkett

Roy Plunkett was an American chemist who discovered polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE, while working for DuPont in 1938....

American 20TH Century Polymer Materials

7.91 Good

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Charles Macintosh

Charles Macintosh was a Scottish chemist and inventor associated with the development of practical waterproof fabric. In...

Chemistry 19TH Century Scottish Materials

7.87 Good

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Joseph Monier

Joseph Monier was a French gardener and inventor who played a pivotal role in the development of reinforced concrete. Wo...

French 19TH Century Construction Materials

7.79 Good

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George de Mestral

George de Mestral was a Swiss electrical engineer who invented the hook-and-loop fastener commonly known by the brand na...

Swiss 20TH Century Fastener Materials

7.73 Good

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Patsy Sherman

Patsy Sherman was an American chemist who co-invented Scotchgard, a widely used fluorochemical stain and water repellent...

American 20TH Century 3M Materials

7.73 Good

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John Wesley Hyatt

John Wesley Hyatt was an American inventor who secured a patent in 1869 for celluloid, the first commercially successful...

American 19TH Century Plastic Materials

7.69 Good

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Frederick Walton

Frederick Walton was an English inventor and manufacturer who patented linoleum in 1863. He developed this durable floor...

19TH Century British Materials Linoleum

7.67 Good

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Su Song

Su Song was a Chinese polymath, statesman, and astronomer who lived during the Song Dynasty. He is best known for direct...

Astronomy Chinese Clockwork Song Dynasty

7.65 Good

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Ching W. Tang

Ching W. Tang is a Hong Kong-born American physical chemist and inventor widely recognized for his foundational contribu...

Display OLED 20TH Century Electronics

7.65 Good

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Robert W. Gore

Robert W. Gore was an American chemical engineer and inventor best known for his discovery of expanded polytetrafluoroet...

20TH Century Membrane Fabric Gore Tex

7.59 Good

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Alexander Parkes

Alexander Parkes (1813–1890) was a British metallurgist and inventor from Birmingham who created Parkesine, considered o...

19TH Century Plastic British Materials

7.55 Good

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Edith M. Flanigen

Edith M. Flanigen was an American chemist whose research at Union Carbide focused on zeolites and other molecular-sieve...

Chemistry 20TH Century Materials Zeolite

7.47 Good

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William Kelly

William Kelly (1811-1888) was an American inventor and ironmaster who independently developed a pneumatic process for st...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Materials

7.34 Good