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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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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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André-Marie Ampère

André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician whose work laid the foundations for electrodynamics. He inve...

18TH Century French Physics Electrical

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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John Harrison

John Harrison was a British horologist and inventor of the 18th century. He dedicated his life to solving the challengin...

18TH Century Navigation British Horology

9.5 Brilliant

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William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, was a prominent Irish-Scottish mathematician and physicist who played a central role...

Physics 19TH Century Thermodynamics Irish Scottish

9.5 Brilliant

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Nicolas Carnot

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796–1832) was a French physicist and military engineer whose 1824 treatise Réflexions sur...

French Physics 19TH Century Energy

9.5 Brilliant

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Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), was a British mathematical physicist and engineer. He played a central ro...

Physics Theory 19TH Century British

9.5 Brilliant

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Albert Fert

Albert Fert was a French physicist whose independent discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) revolutionized data stor...

French Physics 20TH Century Data Storage

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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Thomas Young

Thomas Young (1773–1829) was a British polymath whose contributions spanned physics, physiology, linguistics, and medici...

Physics Theory 19TH Century British

9.4 Excellent

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Lord Kelvin

Lord Kelvin, born William Thomson, was a prominent Irish-Scottish mathematical physicist and engineer who worked in the...

Physics 19TH Century British Thermodynamics

9.4 Excellent

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Jakob Berzelius

Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist whose work in the early 19th century established fundamental principles of modern...

18TH Century Chemistry Silicon Swedish

9.4 Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a prominent 18th-century inventor and scientist. His meticulous research into electricity, particu...

18TH Century American Electricity Lightning

9.3 Excellent

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J.J. Thomson

Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856–1940) was a British physicist who served as the head of the Cavendish Laboratory at the Un...

Physics 19TH Century British Electron Discovery

9.3 Excellent

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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was a French inventor widely credited as a foundational pioneer in the field of photography. In...

18TH Century French Photography Heliography

9.3 Excellent

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Ole Kirk Christiansen

Ole Kirk Christiansen was a Danish carpenter who established The LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark, beginning in 1932. Init...

Danish Manufacturing 20TH Century Lego

9.2 Excellent

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Karl Wilhelm Scheele

Karl Wilhelm Scheele was a 18th-century Swedish-German chemist whose independent discovery of oxygen in 1772 significant...

18TH Century Chemistry Swedish Elements

9.2 Excellent

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Oliver Lodge

Sir Oliver Lodge was a prominent British physicist who made significant contributions to the development of early radio...

Physics Electromagnetism Radio 19TH Century

7.8 Good