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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

9.4 Excellent

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Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-born inventor instrumental in shaping twentieth-century automotive design. His enginee...

Austrian Racing 20TH Century Automobile

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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Leroy Hood

Leroy Hood was an American biologist whose invention of the automated DNA sequencer revolutionized biotechnology. His wo...

American 20TH Century Biotechnology Genomics

9.3 Excellent

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Seymour Cray

Seymour Cray was an American electrical engineer whose innovative designs revolutionized computer hardware. He created t...

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9.3 Excellent

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Bob Metcalfe

Bob Metcalfe was an American engineer instrumental in the development of Ethernet networking technology. His work at Xer...

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9.3 Excellent

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Kiichiro Toyoda

Kiichiro Toyoda was a Japanese industrialist instrumental in developing modern automobile manufacturing. His innovations...

Manufacturing Japanese 20TH Century Automobile

9.3 Excellent

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Soichiro Honda

Soichiro Honda was a Japanese engineer instrumental in developing the Honda engine. He established Honda Motor Co. in 19...

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9.3 Excellent

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Percy LeBaron Spencer

Percy LeBaron Spencer was an American engineer whose accidental discovery revolutionized food preparation. While working...

American 20TH Century Microwave Oven Radar

9.2 Excellent

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Charles F. Kettering

Charles Kettering was an American inventor most notably recognized for his development of the electric automobile starte...

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9.2 Excellent

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Chuck Hull

Chuck Hull developed stereolithography, a pioneering method for creating three-dimensional objects from liquid resins us...

American Manufacturing 3D Printing 20TH Century

8.7 Great

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Scott Crump

Scott Crump developed fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology in 1988. This method of additive manufacturing uses hea...

American Manufacturing 3D Printing 20TH Century

8.3 Great

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Ransom E. Olds

Ransom E. Olds was an American automotive pioneer who founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company and later the REO Motor Car...

American 20TH Century Transport Automobile

7.8 Good

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Carl Deckard

Carl Deckard was an American engineer and inventor associated with the development of selective laser sintering, an addi...

American Manufacturing 3D Printing 20TH Century

7.5 Good

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Preston Tucker

Preston Tucker was an American entrepreneur who founded the Tucker Corporation to manufacture the 1948 Tucker 48 sedan....

Safety American 20TH Century Transport

6.9 Fair