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Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors whose work established a practical foundation for powered aviation. Th...

American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.61 Brilliant

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Bob Noyce

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

American Silicon Valley 20TH Century Microchip

9.46 Excellent

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9.42 Excellent

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Jakob Berzelius

Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist whose work in the early 19th century established fundamental principles of modern...

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9.41 Excellent

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Stephanie Louise Kwolek

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American Chemistry Materials Mid 20TH

9.31 Excellent

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Henry Ford

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9.24 Excellent

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James Chadwick

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9.24 Excellent

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9.22 Excellent

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9.21 Excellent

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9.19 Excellent

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9.15 Excellent

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Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Austrian American

8.69 Great

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8.60 Great

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Luis Miramontes

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Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Mexican

8.51 Great

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Ruth Benerito

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American Chemistry 20TH Century Textiles

8.03 Great

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American Chemistry 20TH Century Medicines

7.47 Good

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Edith M. Flanigen

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Chemistry 20TH Century Materials Zeolite

7.47 Good

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Harry Coover

Harry Wesley Coover Jr. was an American chemist best known for recognizing the practical adhesive properties of cyanoacr...

Consumer Chemistry 20TH Century Adhesive

7.05 Good

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James Hillier

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Science 20TH Century Imaging Instrumentation

7.02 Good

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Lloyd Hall

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Food Chemistry 20TH Century Industrial

6.77 Fair