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Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first succes...

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Bob Noyce

Robert Noyce (1927–1990) was an American physicist, inventor, and businessman nicknamed 'the Mayor of Silicon Valley.' H...

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Edwin Land

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Leroy Hood

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Seymour Cray

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Bob Metcalfe

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Henry Ford

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Jay Forrester

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Charles F. Kettering

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J.C.R. Licklider

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Norman Woodland

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Phil Zimmermann

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Ron Rivest

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Leonard Adleman

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