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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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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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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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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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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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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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Charles Steinmetz

Charles Steinmetz was a German-American electrical engineer whose AC analysis and hysteresis work at General Electric sh...

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

American inventor who created the Band-Aid adhesive bandage in 1920 while at Johnson & Johnson, originally to help his w...

American Consumer 20TH Century Medical

8.3 Great

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Robert N. Hall

Robert N. Hall was an American physicist whose 1962 semiconductor injection laser at General Electric helped make compac...

20TH Century Ge Electronics Magnetron

8.1 Great

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Otto Wichterle

Otto Wichterle was a Czech chemist whose hydrogel work led to modern soft contact lenses, first made on his home-built s...

20TH Century Medical Polymer Vision

7.9 Good

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Ernst Alexanderson

Ernst Alexanderson was a Swedish-American engineer whose high-frequency alternator enabled early long-distance radio tra...

Wireless Radio 20TH Century Ge

7.7 Good

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Helen Murray Free

Helen Murray Free was an American chemist who co-developed Clinistix in the 1950s, enabling simple urine glucose testing...

20TH Century Medical Diagnostics Glucose Test

7.6 Good

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Ann Tsukamoto

Ann Tsukamoto is an American stem-cell researcher named on a 1991 patent for isolating human hematopoietic stem cells, i...

American 20TH Century Medical Biotech

7.1 Good

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Bessie Blount Griffin

Bessie Blount Griffin was an American physical therapist who devised an electric self-feeding device for amputees and pa...

American 20TH Century Medical Assistive

6.9 Fair