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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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Hero of Alexandria

Hero of Alexandria (also known as Heron) was a Greek mathematician and engineer active in Alexandria during the Roman pe...

Ancient Automata Greco Egyptian Aeolipile

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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John Napier

John Napier was a Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who lived from 1550 to 1617. He is best known for in...

Mathematics Computing 17TH Century Scottish

9.3 Excellent

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Evangelista Torricelli

Evangelista Torricelli was a 17th-century Italian physicist and mathematician who made significant contributions to the...

Italian Barometer 17TH Century Vacuum

9.2 Excellent

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Ernst Ruska

Ernst Ruska was a German physicist who designed and built the first electron microscope in 1931 while working at the Tec...

German Optics Scientific Mid 20TH

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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Ernst Abbe

Ernst Abbe was a German physicist instrumental in developing modern optics. He collaborated with Carl Zeiss to establish...

German 19TH Century Zeiss Microscopy

9.1 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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Ctesibius

Ctesibius was a Greek inventor and mathematician active in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC. He is credited with fou...

Engineering Ancient Greek Water Clock

8.9 Great

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736) was a Dutch-German-Polish physicist and instrument maker born in Danzig (now Gdańs...

German 18TH Century Measurement Mercury Thermometer

8.8 Great

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Alois Senefelder

Alois Senefelder was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing process of lithography in 1796. He discover...

German 18TH Century Printing Lithography

8.6 Great

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Heinrich Geissler

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Geissler was a German physicist and skilled glassblower who is best known for inventing the Geis...

German Physics 19TH Century Vacuum Pump

7.9 Good