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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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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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Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first succes...

American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.6 Brilliant

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Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger was an Austrian theoretical physicist instrumental in developing quantum mechanics. His most significa...

Austrian Physics 20TH Century Quantum Mechanics

9.6 Brilliant

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Carl Djerassi

Carl Djerassi was an Austrian-American chemist whose work profoundly impacted medicine. He synthesized norethindrone in...

Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Austrian American

9.5 Brilliant

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Bob Noyce

Robert Noyce (1927–1990) was an American physicist, inventor, and businessman nicknamed 'the Mayor of Silicon Valley.' H...

American Silicon Valley 20TH Century Microchip

9.5 Brilliant

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Gerhard Domagk

Gerhard Domagk was a German pathologist who pioneered the use of sulfonamide drugs for treating bacterial infections. Hi...

German Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century

9.4 Excellent

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George Méliès

Georges Méliès was a French illusionist, filmmaker, and theatre owner who applied stage magic techniques to early cinema...

French 19TH Century Cinema Imaging

9.4 Excellent

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Charles K. Kao

Charles K. Kao was an engineer and physicist whose research established the practical basis for transmitting information...

Optics 20TH Century Fiber Optics Communications

9.4 Excellent

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Edwin Land

Edwin Land was an American inventor pivotal to the development of modern photography. His creation, the Polaroid Land ca...

American Optics 20TH Century Polaroid

9.3 Excellent

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Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist who worked with Charles Townes on extending maser principles to optica...

American Optics 20TH Century Laser

9.1 Excellent

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Edwin H. Land

Edwin H. Land developed the Polaroid camera system, revolutionizing photography with its immediate image output. His inn...

Camera Photography 20TH Century Imaging

8.9 Great

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Gordon Gould

Gordon Gould was an American physicist instrumental in developing foundational concepts for lasers. His detailed 1957 do...

Physics American Optics 20TH Century

8.8 Great

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Narinder Singh Kapany

Narinder Singh Kapany was an Indian-American physicist whose research helped establish the principles and practical uses...

Optics 20TH Century Indian American Fiber Optics

8.7 Great

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C. Kumar N. Patel

Chandra Kumar Naranbhai Patel is an Indian-American electrical engineer and physicist who invented the carbon dioxide la...

Optics 20TH Century Indian American CO2 Laser

8.4 Great

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Harold Edgerton

Harold Edgerton was an American electrical engineer and photographer who spent his academic career at the Massachusetts...

Photography 20TH Century Imaging Strobe

7.9 Good

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Charles Francis Jenkins

Charles Francis Jenkins was an American inventor who worked on motion-picture projection and mechanical television. He d...

Television American 20TH Century Imaging

7.9 Good

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James Hillier

James Hillier was a Canadian-born physicist and electrical engineer who became a United States citizen and spent much of...

Science 20TH Century Imaging Instrumentation

7.6 Good

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Katherine Burr Blodgett

Katherine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979) was an American physicist and inventor who worked at General Electric Research Labor...

American Optics Glass 20TH Century

7.3 Good

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Valerie Thomas

Valerie Thomas is an American scientist and inventor who had a prominent career at NASA. She is best known for patenting...

American 20TH Century Imaging Nasa

7.1 Good