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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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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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Andrew Fire

Andrew Fire is an American biologist renowned for his pioneering work on RNA interference. His collaboration with Craig...

American Medicine 20TH Century Genetics

9.4 Excellent

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Craig Mello

Craig Mello is an American biologist recognized for his pivotal role in identifying RNA interference. His research demon...

American Medicine 20TH Century Genetics

9.4 Excellent

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Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush was an American engineer whose work profoundly influenced computing. He led scientific research efforts du...

American 20TH Century Computing Memex Concept

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Ted Hoff

Ted Hoff is an American electrical engineer who, while working at Intel in 1971, collaborated with Federico Faggin and S...

American Intel Late 20TH Electronics

9.4 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 Armstrong

Edwin Armstrong was an American electrical engineer pivotal to 20th-century broadcasting technology. His development of...

American 20TH Century Broadcasting Electronics

9.0 Excellent

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Lee De Forest

Lee De Forest was an American inventor instrumental in shaping 20th-century electronics. His development of the Audion t...

American Radio 20TH Century Electronics

8.9 Great

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Charles Ginsburg

Charles Ginsburg was an American engineer who led the Ampex research team that developed the first practical videotape r...

American 20TH Century Broadcasting Electronics

8.8 Great

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Robert Moog

Robert Moog developed pioneering electronic musical instruments beginning in the mid-20th century. His innovations cente...

Music American 20TH Century Synthesizer

8.7 Great

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Vladimir K. Zworykin

Vladimir K. Zworykin was a pioneering 20th-century electrical engineer instrumental in developing early television techn...

Television Video 20TH Century Electronics

8.7 Great

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Robert Adler

Robert Adler was an Austrian-American electrical engineer and inventor who co-created Zenith's Space Command television...

Television 20TH Century Electronics Austrian American

8.5 Great

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Samuel Ruben

Samuel Ruben was an American inventor associated with the development of the mercury battery and with the battery busine...

American 20TH Century Electronics Alkaline Battery

8.3 Great

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Greenleaf Whittier Pickard

Greenleaf Whittier Pickard (1877-1956) was an American engineer and inventor associated with the development of early ra...

American Radio 20TH Century Electronics

8.1 Great

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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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Marvin Camras

Marvin Camras was an American electrical engineer and inventor whose work helped establish magnetic recording as a pract...

Audio American 20TH Century Electronics

7.8 Good

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Otis Boykin

Otis Boykin was an American electrical engineer and inventor known for his significant advancements in electronic resist...

American 20TH Century Pacemaker Electronics

7.7 Good

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Clifford Berry

Clifford Berry was an American physicist and electrical engineer who played a crucial role in the early development of e...

Computer American 20TH Century Electronics

7.7 Good