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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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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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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

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American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.6 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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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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Gertrude B. Elion

Gertrude B. Elion was a pioneering American pharmacologist whose work revolutionized medicine. She developed innovative...

American 20TH Century Medical Drugs

8.8 Great

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Elizabeth Lee Hazen

Elizabeth Lee Hazen was an American microbiologist who, with biochemist Rachel Fuller Brown, discovered nystatin in 1950...

American 20TH Century Medical Nystatin

8.8 Great

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Charles Steinmetz

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer whose work helped engineers a...

Engineering Electricity AC Power 20TH Century

8.6 Great

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Ernst Boris Chain

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20TH Century Medical Antibiotic German British

8.5 Great

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Earle Dickson

Earle Dickson was an American inventor best known for creating the Band-Aid adhesive bandage in 1920. While working as a...

American Consumer 20TH Century Medical

8.3 Great

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Robert N. Hall

Robert N. Hall was an American physicist and engineer who conducted pioneering research at the General Electric Research...

20TH Century Ge Electronics Magnetron

8.1 Great

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Otto Wichterle

Otto Wichterle was a Czech chemist renowned for his pioneering work in macromolecular chemistry. He invented the hydroge...

20TH Century Medical Polymer Vision

7.9 Good

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Ernst Alexanderson

Ernst Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer who worked for General Electric and RCA. He is best known...

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7.7 Good

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Helen Murray Free

Helen Murray Free was an American chemist whose work transformed routine clinical testing, particularly tests used to de...

20TH Century Medical Diagnostics Glucose Test

7.6 Good

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Ann Tsukamoto

Ann Tsukamoto is an American stem-cell researcher who was named on a 1991 patent related to the isolation of human hemat...

American 20TH Century Medical Biotech

7.1 Good

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Bessie Blount Griffin

Bessie Blount Griffin was an American physical therapist, inventor, and forensic handwriting specialist. While assisting...

American 20TH Century Medical Assistive

6.9 Fair

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Paul Winchell

Paul Winchell was an American ventriloquist, voice actor, and inventor whose career spanned entertainment and technical...

American 20TH Century Medical Artificial Heart

6.7 Fair