swap_horiz Robert H. Dennard Alternatives

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Fred Sanger

Frederick Sanger was a British biochemist renowned for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology. He developed pionee...

20TH Century British Biochemistry Genetics

9.8 Brilliant

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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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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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Carl Djerassi

Carl Djerassi was an Austrian-American chemist whose work profoundly impacted medicine. He synthesized norethindrone in...

Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Austrian American

9.5 Brilliant

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Stuart Parkin

Stuart Parkin is a British physicist recognized for his pioneering work on giant magnetoresistance (GMR). His research i...

20TH Century Ibm British Data Storage

9.3 Excellent

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Walter Houser Brattain

Walter Houser Brattain was a physicist instrumental in developing early semiconductor technology. His collaboration with...

Semiconductor 20TH Century Electronics Transistor

9.3 Excellent

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Mohamed M. Atalla

Mohamed M. Atalla was a pioneering electrical engineer whose work fundamentally advanced semiconductor technology. He is...

Security Semiconductor 20TH Century Mosfet

9.1 Excellent

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Gerd Binnig

Gerd Binnig was a German physicist instrumental in developing nanotechnology through his invention of the scanning tunne...

20TH Century Ibm Nanotech Microscopy

9.0 Excellent

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Dawon Kahng

Dawon Kahng is an electrical engineer recognized for his pivotal role in developing the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-...

Semiconductor 20TH Century Transistor Bell Labs

9.0 Excellent

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Tom Kilburn

Tom Kilburn was an English mathematician and computer scientist associated with the early development of stored-program...

20TH Century Computing Memory British

9.0 Excellent

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Heinrich Rohrer

Heinrich Rohrer was a Swiss physicist instrumental in developing the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). His work at IB...

20TH Century Ibm Nanotech Microscopy

8.8 Great

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Hiroshi Amano

Hiroshi Amano was a Japanese engineer whose pioneering work fundamentally advanced semiconductor technology. He achieved...

Semiconductor Japanese 20TH Century LED

8.7 Great

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Nick Holonyak Jr.

Nick Holonyak Jr. is an American inventor recognized for his pivotal role in developing practical light-emitting diodes...

American Semiconductor 20TH Century LED

8.6 Great

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Jean Hoerni

Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and one of the co-founders of Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957. His invention of t...

Swiss Semiconductor 20TH Century Planar Process

8.5 Great

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Jay Wright Forrester

Jay Wright Forrester was an American electrical engineer and computer scientist who spent his career at the Massachusett...

20TH Century Computing Memory Mit

8.5 Great

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Nick Holonyak

Nick Holonyak Jr. was an American electrical engineer and professor who significantly advanced semiconductor technology...

Semiconductor 20TH Century LED Lighting

8.4 Great

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Freddie Williams

Frederic C. Williams, commonly known as Freddie Williams, was a British electrical engineer and professor who helped dev...

20TH Century Computing Memory British

8.4 Great

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Carver Mead

Carver Mead is an American inventor and electrical engineer who pioneered microelectronics at Caltech. He co-authored th...

Semiconductor 20TH Century Computing Vlsi

8.2 Great

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Frank Wanlass

Frank Wanlass was an American electrical engineer whose work contributed to the development of modern semiconductor elec...

CMOS Semiconductor 20TH Century Low Power

8.1 Great