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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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Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist whose accidental discovery of x-rays in 1895 revolutionized science and medicine....

German Physics Medicine 19TH Century

9.6 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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Peter Grünberg

Peter Grünberg was a German physicist who revolutionized data storage technology. His independent 1988 discovery of gian...

German Physics 20TH Century Data Storage

9.4 Excellent

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Bob Moog

Robert Moog was an American engineering physicist and inventor who designed the first voltage-controlled subtractive syn...

Music American Electronics Mid 20TH

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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Felix Hoffmann

Felix Hoffmann was a German chemist employed by Bayer. He developed and synthesized acetylsalicylic acid in 1897, creati...

German Chemistry Medicine 19TH Century

9.3 Excellent

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Carl Zeiss

Carl Zeiss was a German optician whose workshop established in Jena in 1846 fundamentally shaped the field of optics. He...

German 19TH Century Lenses Microscopy

9.3 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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Charles R. Drew

Charles R. Drew was an American surgeon and medical researcher whose work in blood transfusion and storage techniques re...

American Medical Biological Mid 20TH

9.3 Excellent

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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

9.3 Excellent

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Charles Hard Townes

Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist whose work fundamentally advanced the field of quantum electronics. He is...

Modern American Optics Laser

9.3 Excellent

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Augustin-Jean Fresnel

Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in the early 19th century provided founda...

18TH Century French Lighthouse Optics

9.2 Excellent

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Karl Ferdinand Braun

Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918) was a German physicist whose work contributed to early electronics, radio engineering,...

German Radio 19TH Century Electronics

9.2 Excellent

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Werner von Siemens

Werner von Siemens, born Ernst Werner Siemens, was a 19th-century German electrical engineer and industrialist who lived...

German 19TH Century Electrical Dynamo

9.1 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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Hans Lippershey

Hans Lippershey was a German-Dutch eyeglass maker active in the early 17th century. He is widely credited with applying...

Optics Telescope Dutch Scientific

7.8 Good

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Zacharias Janssen

Zacharias Janssen (c. 1580–c. 1638) was a Dutch spectacle-maker from Middelburg, Netherlands, generally credited with in...

Optics Dutch Scientific 16TH Century

7.2 Good