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Nobel physics laureate 1999
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Specialist in the history of linguistics
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An American astrophysicist and astronomer; Secretary of the Smithsonian (1928-1944)
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Physcial chemist
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Animal trauma surgeon, 'UK's Favourite Vet'
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nobel physics laureate 2003
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Founder of Geshundheit Institute, portrayed by Robin Williams in movie of same name.
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Space Scientist
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Computer Scientist one of the inventors of the RSA encryption algorithm
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Inventor of the Wireless Remote Control (TV)
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Chemist worked on the Manhattan Project
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French experimental physicist known for his pioneering work in attosecond science. He was jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier
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nobel chemistry laureate 2003
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An internationally renowned neuroscientist, he has made outstanding contributions to the medical field, particularly through his work in the regeneration of the nervous system. Member of the Order of Canada
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Engineer
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sociologist
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Japanese scientist. He was also awarded the 2014 Nobel prize in Physics, together with Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
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Video game programmer and designer who worked on the M Network ports of BurgerTime, Bump 'n' Jump, and Star Strike for the Atari 2600. He co-designed the 1989 arcade game Klax and worked on Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
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space scientist/geologist
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chemist
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animal scientist
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'Dr. Wernher Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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physicist
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nobel physics laureate
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Flight (scientist)
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Flight (scientist)
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French Physician and Politician. Born: 02/09/1907
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First woman to win the Turing Award First woman IBM fellow
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NFL - Owner Seattle Seahawks (1997 - present). Co-Founder of Microsoft (W/ Bill Gates)
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biochemist
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An American immunologist who holds the position of professor and chair of Immunology. In2018, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine respectively along with Tasuku Honjo
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American physicist, worked at 'Manhattan Project' in Los Alamos. Was the man who did the countdown on the first a-bomb test (Trinity) on July 16, 1945
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Flight (scientist)
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Canadian chemist. He is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Ottawa. He is best known for his research of catalysis in chemistry. Member of the Order of Canada
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American medical researcher, virologist, physician. This work eventually led to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus in 1988, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2020 along with Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice
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nobel chemistry laureate 1989
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(June 13, 1911 - September 1, 1988) was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968
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Pakistani mountain climber & engineer. First Pakistani to reach the summit of K2
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Japanese physicist who has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura
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American developmental biologist and Nobel Laureate who discovered the first known microRNA (miRNA). Ambros received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2024 for his research on microRNA
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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)
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Chernobyl diver lives in the Troyeschina district
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Canadian neurologist known for his research of epilepsy. Member of the Order of Canada
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Don Anderson (3)
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Scientist
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Ames Laboratory scientist, Inventor, National inventors hall of fame
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nobel physics laureate 1977
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Scientist
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Civil Rights activist and esteemed Osteopathist, born 1927. MLK Jr friend from school days. Led Albany Movement for voting rights in GA. Jailed with MLK, subbed for him on Meet the Press. On phone with Coretta when MLK killing announced
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Anthropoligist
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Astronomer
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Uruguayan astronomer who is best known for his work on the Kuiper belt. He also has an asteroid named after him
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nobel medicine laureate 1978
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Civil engineer who oversaw the nation's developing highway system during the Eisenhower administration
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Scientist
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Founder of psycology of Art
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NatGeo TV show 'Meteorite Men'
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Scientist
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French physicist noted for his experimental work on quantum entanglement. Aspect was awarded one third of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger
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Scientist
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Regenerative tissue scientist
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author/doctor - Atkins Diet
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British TV anthropologist and writer (*1926) - brother of the late Richard Attenborough; 'State of the Planet', 'Survival Island', 'The Life of Birds', 'Trials of Life', 'The Living Planet', 'Face the Music', 'Private Live of Plants', 'The Natural World'
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Scientist
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Nobel Laureate Economics
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Nobel Prize winner 2004 in Physiology or Medicine winner
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nobel medicine laureate 1970
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Food Scientist
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Claimed to have invented Email in 1982, engineer, anti-vaccine activist, ran for US Senate in 2022, and President in 2024 though foreign born
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Born in 1925, Bach is a Psychologist & WWII Veteran who served in the European Theatre of Operations during WW2. He later joined the Research Center For Mental Health at New York University in 1956. He was awarded the Heinz Hartmann award for his research
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Astrophysicist. worked with NASA's Astronomy Ambassadors program, SOFIA project
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Computer Scientist Developed Fortran
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2002 inductee for National Inventors Hall of Fame
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American physicist born July 27, 1904; Director of the Trinity test of the Manhattan Project, which took place July 16, 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Bainbridge
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David Baker (5)Computational biologist David Baker, professor of biochemistry, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design
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Michael Baker (5)Canadian physician, academic, and cancer researcher. Member of the Order of Canada
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heart surgeon inventor
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Flight (scientist)
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nobel medicine laureate 1975
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Filipino engineer credited with developing the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link control and transceiver chip
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Scientist
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Preeminent Psychologist, researcher, & Author
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Indian-born American economist. He shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, 'for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.'
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Flight (scientist)
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co-inventor (molecular-sized transistors)
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Inventor Hall of Fame; invented concept of digital packet switching essential for advanced networking systems
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American experimental physicist. In 2017, Barish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne 'for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves'
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British visual neuroscientist and the great-grandson of Charles Darwin, the famous naturalist. He is now 91
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Heart surgeon
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Irish physician (Born: 1914) who worked in leper colonies in West Africa in the 1940's. He co-founded ICROSS with Michael Elmore-Meegan. He lectured in tropical medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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The 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine
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inventor (monster arm wrestling machine)
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Inventor of lifesaving heart-lung technology known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
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Flight (astronaut) sts-51f
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Inventor software
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Nobel Prize Winner (Physics)
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Bill Bass (2)
William Marvin Bass III (born August 30, 1928) is an American forensic anthropologist, best known for his research on human osteology and human decomposition. He has also assisted federal, local, and non-U.S. authorities in the identification of human rem -
(born Elsie Thorpe, 15 July 1918) is a retired agricultural scientist from New Zealand. She graduated from Massey University in 1941, becoming the first woman graduate from the university
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Scientist
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Inventor Hall of Fame inductee; invented ground proximity warning system for planes
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Inventor laserphaco probe
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Flight (scientist)
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American Female electrical engineer and educator. In 1984, she became the first female dean of an engineering school in the United States. In 1988, the National Women's Hall of Fame presented Baum with the Emily Warren Roebling Award. In 1990, the Society
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American-French-Tunisian chemist. In 2023, Bawendi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Louis E. Brus and Alexey Ekimov 'for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots'
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Invented the wind-up radio
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Inventor and Buissness woman. Founder and CEO of Littlebits Inc. Has been featured in Time Magizine, Popular Science Magazine, and TED Talks
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Plant Breeder. His research led to the development of
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Playmobil inventor-businessman
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inventor (ph acidity testing meter)
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WWII Manhattan Project
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nobel physics laureate 1987
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Rocket Scientest on Werhner von Braun's Team at Fort Bliss Texas, 1946/Operation Paperclip was code name for 1945 Office of Strategic Services, Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency recruitment of German scientists from Nazi Germany to US after VE Day
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English professor, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner.
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Apostolic Administrator of Dili, East Timor (1988-2002); 1996 Nobel Peace Laureate
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Scientist
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American born artist and cybernetics scientist. He works and resides in Perth, Western Australia
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nobel medicine laureate 1980
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US Geologist, born 1938. Grumman Aerospace (1968-72), worked on the team that developed the Apollo lunar module landing feet 'pods'
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Invented, wrinkle free cotton
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Pioneer Medical Doctor, Holocaust Survivor. Developed endoscopic and laparoscopic techniques that are now in widespread use to diagnose and surgically treat diseases of the kidneys, colon and gallbladder
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Scientist/Entomologist - Focuses on the Chemical Reactions between Herbivore Insects and tere Host Plants
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nobel chemistry laueate 1980
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inventor (pulsar watch)
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Astrochemist, researches formation of stars and planets
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nobel medicine laureate 1982
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French Physician and Haematologist
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Inventor/creator of the World Wide Web
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(born 11 June 1916) is a New Zealand dendrologist who founded Hackfalls Arboretum at his farm in Tiniroto, Gisborne. The arboretum is now known for having one of the largest collections of Mexican oaks in the world
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American chemist was awarded one third of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, jointly with Morten P. Meldal and Karl Barry Sharpless, 'for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry'
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nobel physics laureate 1967 helped develop a-bomb
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American physicist. He was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Stefan Hell and William E. Moerner.[
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Co-Creator of Universal Serial Bus (USB) Technology
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astrologist (jacqueline bigar's stars)
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Flight (scientist) von braun rocket team
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nobel physics laureat 1986 scanning microscope
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Inventor - The first reliable, low-cost, mass produced respirator
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nobel medicine laureate 1989
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Dutch Astronomer. Born: 04/12/1914
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James Black (3) Scottish Nobel laureate who pioneered the rational design of drugs and, in the process, developed the first widely used drugs for treating heart disease and blocking stomach acid production
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nobel medicine laureate 1988
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Nobel Prize 2009 of Medicine
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1999 nobel laureate for physiology/medicine
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American Sex Therapist, Author, Filmmaker, Cable TV Talk Show Host, And Cultural Commentator
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nobel physics lauireate 1981
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Inventer. Many of her inventions helped person's with disabilities. Born: 11/24/1914
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Invented Lasik Surgery Technique; Inventor Hall of Fame inductee
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Scientist. Nobel Prize in Medicine 1976. Identified Hepatitis B virus & developed the diagnostic test & vaccine for it. Professor of Medicine & Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania since 1977
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Inventor of the board game Words from Words
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nobel physics 1975
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Scientist
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Born 1924, Booker served in the British Royal Navy from 1940-1954 during WWII and peacetime. He later became a well-known Engineer and is known for his book A History Of Engineering Drawing published in 1963
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Entomologist/Scientist - Specializes in Beetles
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Survived for 7 months inside Auschwitz, where the average lifespan of a child was just 2 weeks. Immigrated to the US after liberation. Worked more than 40 years as a scientist and researcher focusing on growth hormone and cancer treatment
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2008 Inventors Hall of Fame; Founders of Bose Corp (speaker/sound systems)
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Scientist, part of the team that took the very first image of a black hole in space
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Scientist wrote Hidden Beauty: Microworlds Revealed
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inventor (added speed to modern microelec app's)
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Former president of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and the American Academy for Environmental Protection.He was consultant on the film Soylent Green
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American Former Scientist. Researcher And Entrepreneur In Biotechnology. Member of National Inventors Hall of Fame
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American Former Biochemist, And Analytical Chemist. Winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Canadian Former Physicist. Pioneer In The Field Of Laser Technology And Co - Inventor Of The Charge - Coupled Device
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Scientist; Manhattan Project (Trinity); was in charge of the final assembly of the Trinity test bomb in July 1945´
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Texas entomologist. 21 research works with 681 citations and 378 reads
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WW2 Navy Service/Scientist/American physicist, government policy advisor
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Physician who contracted the Ebola virus in Africa, then was airlifted to Emory University for treatment
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Invented Automotive Airbags
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Scientist
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2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
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Scientist
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Former professor at the University of Montevallo in Alabama compiled The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader
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Canadian Female Former Inventor- Rocket Scientist Best Known For Her Development Of Rocket And Jet Propulsion Technologies. Inductee Inventor Hall Of Fame (2010)
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Scientist
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American nuclear engineer and LGBTQ activist serving as the deputy assistant secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy In 2019, Brinton was the head of advocacy and government affairs at the non-profit LGBTQ
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American Former Male Photographer. He Was Head Photographer To Shoot Movies (In 16-Millimetre Black - And - White Film) For The Trinity Test. The First Nuclear Weapon Detonation (July 1945)
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Science journalist, author and a Senior Writer at The NYT. Co-author of 8 books, including Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War. Won 2 shared Pulitzer Prizes, an Emmy award, and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award
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nobel physics 1994
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Noted Physician, Born in Barcelona, 05/18/1908
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physicist
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Famed entomologist and founder of the Montreal Insectarium
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Inventor of the Steadicam. Cinematographer
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Astronomer, born 1965. Discovered many objects in the far solar system, including Eris, which led to Pluto being downgraded to a 'Dwarf Planet' with Eris. Author of the book 'I Killed Pluto.'
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nobel medicine 1985
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Canadian Female Whale Researcher
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Scientist
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In 2023, Brus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Moungi Bawendi and Alexey Ekimov 'for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots'
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10th president of Indiana University and organizer/charter member of American Psychological Association
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Computer Scientist coined the word bytes
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American Female Biologist - Best Known For Work On Olfactory System. Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine, Along With Richard Axel, For Their Work On Olfactory Receptors (2004)
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Flight scientist
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Analytical Chemist/Archaeologist - appeared on TV shows Mummy Forensics, Nova, Kingdom Of The Mummies
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Retired American video game programmer and designer. He is best known for the Apple II games Raster Blaster (1981) and Pinball Construction Set (1983)
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Russian Scientist Who In 1978 Stuck His Head Into The Largest Particle Accelerator In Russia At The Time To Fix Something. The Accelerator Malfunctioned At Shot A Laser At His Head That Was Equal To 2,000 Greys. He Survived And Is Alive Tod
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Astronomer, planetary scientist, born 1958. Has been involved with the discovery and research in to many new minor planetary objects. Has done much work on Pluto, with the New Horizons mission, and the co-discovery of some of Pluto's moons
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English - Born American Former Female Scientist. Observational Astronomer And Astrophysicist (1943-1990). Author Of The 'B2FH Paper' (1957)
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inventor anibody ladelung
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Boeing engineer, born 1930, worked on the 1966 Lunar Orbiter, an early NASA unmanned probe to photograph and map the moon, and chose Apollo landing spots
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Northern Ireland Female Scientist And Author - Astrophysicist. Discovered The First Radio Pulsars (1967). Novel - 'A Quaker Astronomer Reflects: Can a Scientist Also Be Religious? (2013), 'An Introduction To The Sun And Stars' (2004). Plus One More Book
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Scientist
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Michael Busch (3)Planetary scientist. Researcher with SETI
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American engineer, inventor and science administrator known for his work on analog computers, for his role as an initiator and administrator of the Manhattan Project
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Inventor, Pong, Founder Of Atari
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Inventor of Scrabble
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Scientist
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German - Born American Former Female Scientist And Author - Astrophysics.Novel - 'Die Wasserstoffkonvektionszone der Sonne' (1952), 'ntroduction to Stellar Astrophysics' (1989)
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Astrobiologist, Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research
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American Female Science Teacher And Entomologist - She Is Known For Her Work With Parasitic Insects And Their Chemical Responses To Their Host. She Has Had Over 30 Years With Research On The Insect - Texas Field Cricket
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Co-Invented the WWW
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Flight scientist
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19th project member at at 'Project Manhattan' (Trinity)
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Astrophysicist. NASA and SETI. Instrument scientist for the Kepler mission searching for exo-planets (planets outside our solar system)
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Game maker (Diplomacy) & writer
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Keith Campbell (3) English biologist, lead team that cloned Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned animal
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Co-winner 2015 Nobel Medicine Prize/cited for discovering avermectin, derivatives of which helped lower incidence of river blindness & lymphatic filariasis 2 diseases caused by parasitic worms that affect millions of African & Asian people
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Italian Doctor/Plans to perform the first human head transplant, says he believes he has a 90 percent chance of success
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Nobel laureate in medicine 2007
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Scientist
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nobel medicine laureate 2000
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Founder Armadillo Aerospace; team that won Lunar Lander Challenge
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08 Lasker Prize winner. one of three
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British born US planetary geologist, born 1935. Worked on nearly every Mars planetary probe, including as the imaging team leader for the Viking missions. Worked on lunar mapping and geological aspects of the 1960's Apollo program
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Member of National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Neurosurgeon, Republican Politician, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development. Ran for President of the United States in 2016
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Mathematician Born: 07/08/1904
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Brandon Carter (4)Australian theoretical physicist, best known for his work on the properties of black holes in the Solar System
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WWII: One of the last surviving members of The Manhattan Project, he was Enrico Fermi's lab technician: helped create the world's first atomic bomb. Witness to the explosion of the first a-bomb ('Trinity', July 16, 1945)
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Astronomer, studies icy moons
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English Female Author, Doctor, Torture Survivor. And Activist - Novel - 'Audacity to Believe' (1977), 'Good Friday People' (1991), 'Sharing The Darkness: The Spirituality Of Caring' (1988), 'The Loneliest Journey' (1995)
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Geiger counter; science advisor
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Psychologist
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Author, scientist, and noted conservationist. Working to save Mexican endangered species
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Flight scientist
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nobel chemistry laureate 1989
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Member of National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Inventor of the internet
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Biologist who engineered the oil eating bacteria
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Nobel laureate chemistry 2008
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nobel physics laueate 1959
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Scientist, invented the world's first artificial cell
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Inventor
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nobel physics laureate 1992
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French professor and researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry. In 2020, Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 'for the development of a method for genome editing'
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Nobel prize laureate chemistry
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Co Inventor of Bubble Wrap
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Known for inventing the self-balancing hoverboard
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nobol physics laueate 1958
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Russian Rocket Designer. Born: 03/01/1912
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American Female Scientist Paleontologist And Taphonomist. One Of The World's Leading Experts In Coprolites
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Scientist
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Scientist
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Inventor
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Renowned author, Linguistics Professor at MIT
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astronomer discovered pluto's moon, Charon
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Atomic physicist; worked on Manhattan Project
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American theoretical physicist and later astrophysicist and one of the last people alive to have worked on the Manhattan Project
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Nobel Laureate (Physics 1997); U.S. Secretary of Energy (2009-13)
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Invented the three-dimensional version of the Sudoku puzzle in 2005
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Geneticist, molecular engineer/Successfully copied woolly mammoth genes into the genome of an Asian elephant/Will have reproduced the extinct Wooly Mammoth in the next three years
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Scientist, 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Turkish archaeologist and Assyriologist who specializes in the study of Sumerian civilization
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Oncologist who developed the CD34 monoclonal antibody, which made it possible for the first time to identify, isolate and collect hematopoietic stem cells, the immature cells in the human body that grow into mature blood, marrow and immune cells
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Colin Clark (2)Scientist
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Inventor of cochlear implant
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Director of the Goddard Space Flight Center from 1965-1976
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American theoretical and experimental physicist. He was awarded one third of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger
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Human computer at the aberdeen Proving Ground. Engineer on B2 Stealth bomber
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American Former Female Biologist, Cancer Researcher, Professor, Dean, And Academic Administrator. She Contributed To The Field Of Cancer Research By Studying The Cure For Melanoma
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American Female Astrophysicist - 'NASA Ames Research Center' (2014-2017), 'High - level Data Product Manager' - Worked On The Kepler And K2 Projects Searching For Potential Exo - Planets (2017-2020), 'SETI Institute' - Research Scientist (2019- )
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American Female Author, Scientist, Teacher, Naturalist, State Park Ranger, National Park Ranger, Cruising Sailor, And Photographer - Novel - 'Intelligent Life On Earth? The Search Continues' (2013)
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Inventor Neutron Bomb
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nobel med. laureate 1986
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Nobel physics laureate 1997
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Scientist
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World-Renowned Cryptozoologist And Author
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Doctor
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scientist
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invertor (enovid oral contraceptive)
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inventor (tetracycline antibiotic)
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Flight scientist
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Venezuelan epidemiologist specialist in tropical diseases. Born: 09/11/1913
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Mathematician
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Computer Scientist and transgender activist
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Biophysicist
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Is a centenarian and a Canadian geologist and palaeontologist, and Emeritus Professor at Dalhousie University. The author of several scientific books
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Doctor - Aerobics advocate
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nobel physics laureate 1972
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Inventor of Cell Phone
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American immunologist, born 1933. 2019 Lasker Award recipient for his work identifying T cells and B cells
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American Inventor/Chemist (b: 1919)
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Scientist
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Anthropologist
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Flight scientist
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nobel chemistry laureate 1990
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nobel physics laureate 2001
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Nobel chem. laureate 1975. Born: 09/07/1917
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Director of NASA's Langley Research Center, and Chairman of the Apollo 13 Review Board which investigated the explosion that occurred during the Apollo 13 spaceflight in 1970.
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Eastman Kodak engineer, worked on the camera team for NASA's Lunar Orbiters that photographed the moon, and mapped landing spots for the Apollo missions. Led to the first photo of the earth from the moon, a B&W grainy one, in 1966
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Physicist; studies star formations
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British astronomer
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Scientist
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German-born, American physicist (1924- ). Built circuits for the Manhattan Project. One of the few surviving witnesses of the Trinity Test, the first atomic explosion
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French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. Co-invented the Aqua-Lung. Hosted the tv show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Created the Cousteau Society for the Protection of Ocean Life. Father of Jean-Michel Cousteau
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oceanographer
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American physical chemist, worked at ' Manhattan Project' (Trinity)
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Scientist, Physicist, host of 'Physics Girl' on YouTube
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Scientist
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TV Presenter, Author - Why Does E=mc2?
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Conceived and patented in 1978 an on-field marker to help TV viewers identify first down distances in 1978. First used in a Cincinnati Bengals-Baltimore Ravens game on September 27, 1998
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Biochemist who helped determine the DNA structure
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Scientist
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Whiplash expert, director ofspine research institute of san diego
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Astronomer
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nobel physics laureate 1980
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nobel chemistry laureate 1995
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Actress - The Goodbye Girl, Family, Big Eddie. Inventor/Company President - Hip-Hugger baby-carrying sling-type device
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nobel chemistry laureate 1996
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Palaeontolist, curator, author
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Co-founder of Acorn Computers, a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978. The company produced a number of computers which were popular in the UK. Due to its innovative designs, Acorn is sometimes known as the 'British Apple'
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Physicist, best known for the Cutkosky cutting rules in quantum field theory, which give a simple way to calculate the discontinuity of the scattering amplitude by Feynman diagrams
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Chinese American AIDS researcher famous for pioneering the use of protease inhibitors in treating HIV-infected patients
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Computer engineer, born 1937. Co-founder of Syzygy in 1969 and Atari in 1972. Co-creator of early video games Computer Space and Pong
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American video game designer, programmer, and producer. He is best known for being the creator of early games from several different genres, including pioneering simulation game Utopia for Intellivision in 1981
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Political Scientist. Born: 12/17/1915
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Rocket Scientist, 'Dr. Wernher Von Braun's NASA Team'
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inventor (mri scanner)
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Inventor of Monopoly
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Botanist and great-great grandaughter,of the famous naturalist Charles Darwin.
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French immunologist, Nobel medicine laureate 1980. Born: 10/19/1916
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French Egyptologist and scientist who published a theory stating that the stones of the Great Pyramid where not carved stone but mostly a form of limestone concrete
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Scientist
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American Nobel Prize winning Physicist
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British Ethologist, Evolutionary Biologist, Professor at Oxford University
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German engineer and computer scientist. He is one of the pioneers of the first generation computers. Born: 04/04/1912 in Ascona
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nobel med. laureate 1974
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nobel physics laureate 1991
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American Political Scientist, 'Public and Republic'. Born: 12/29/1919
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English author and biomedical gerontologist. He is the author of The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging (1999) and co-author of Ending Aging (2007)
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Primatologist. Known as the dean of Brazilian Primatology
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Inventor Hall of Fame inductee; holds three of the nine original IBM patents upon which the IBM PC personal computers were based including bus control means for peripheral processing devices
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British and American economist. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare
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Famed Heart Surgeon
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nobel physcis laureate 1989
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nobel chemistry laureate
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Invented the big mac for mcdonalds
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DeLorean Motor Company
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Astrobiologist
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Flight scientist
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Renowned penguin expert, scientist TED speaker and award-winning author. AKA The Penguin Lady
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Discovered Petussis Vaccine Born: 02/01/1898. 4th Oldest person in the world
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inventor (delevoped ram in computers)
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US Politician, Maryland (1822-82) Medical doctor, then into politics as a Whig, then a Democrat. Senator, 1877-79. Gave stirring speech to re-open investigation of controversial R.B. Hayes election, but unsuccessful
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professor of biology at Stanford University
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Inventor
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Scientist
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Father of the pentium computer chip
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American mathematician and former professional magician and poker player. He teaches statistics at Stanford University. He is particularly known for tackling mathematical problems involving randomness
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CEO & President of SETI
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American economist. In October 2022, Diamond was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Ben Bernanke and Philip H. Dybvig
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Nobel prize
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Canadian Scientist / Credited with first identifying cancer stem cells in certain types of human leukemia
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Inventor; 2011 Inductee National Inventor Hall of Fame
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Flight scientist
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American physicist, worked at 'Manhattan Project' (Trinity)
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Chemist - The First Oral Contraceptive Pill
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Astronomer & telescope designer. Born: 09/14/1915
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Famous Sex Doctor and Author
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nobel med. laureate 1996
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US electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording
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Scientist
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An American invertebrate paleontologist who became known for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada; Secretary of the Smithsonian (1907-1927)
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American biochemist known for her pioneering work in CRISPR gene editing, for which she won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Emmanuelle Charpentier
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FBI's pioneer and master of investigative profiling. Author and basis for the Netflix series 'Mindhunter'
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Noted author, scientist, and conservationist. Works to save the African Elephant
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Astronomer
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American astronomer who is best known as one of the pioneers in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including the founding of SETI, mounting the first attempts at detecting extraterrestrial communications in 1961
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Flight scientist
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Scientist
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Scientist
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(born October 14, 1917) is a Canadian educator known for teaching computer classes at the age of 101. Manitoba Teachers? Society honoured Dryden in their magazine's March issue. City of Winnipeg presented her with a Community Service Award
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Retired Swiss biophysicist. In 2017, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson
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Scientist
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French American economist. She shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer, 'for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty'
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nobel med. laureate 1975
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D.1965 cathode ray tube inventor
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Entomologist - Trying to Prove Bugs are the food of the future and will solve World Hunger
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Zoologist, theory that all evolution is now human driven
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Assisted discovery of H2 receptor class of drugs, cimetidine, which inhibits production of stomach acid. Cimetidine is commonly used to treat acid reflux and stomach ulcers to this day. Inducted National Inventors HOF 1990
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Engineer 1st working American gasoline-powered car & co-founder of Duryea Motor Wagon Company. In Springfield Charles & his brother Frank produced & road-tested America's 1st gasoline-powered car
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Scientist
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One of Russia's most notable specialists in the investigation of unidentified flying objects. He works as a coordinator at The Science and Research center Kosmopoisk (Search of Cosmos), Russia
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first black candidate for astronaut 1961
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American economist. Dybvig was awarded the 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, jointly with Douglas Diamond and Ben Bernanke, 'for research on banks and financial crises'
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Paul Dye (2)Flight scientist
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german physicist, nobel peace prize 1995 (with group Pugwash), recipient of the alterbative nobel prize and the Bundesverdienstkreuz
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One of the last surviving members of the Manhattan Project. He now lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S.A
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Environmental Advocate and Oceanographer, Professional Speaker
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2010 Inductee National Inventor Hall of Fame; inventor of GPS
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Chemist
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Mexican-American electrical engineer, first woman of Mexican descent in space
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Flight sicentist
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nobel medicine 1972
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American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb
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Sports sociologist born 1942
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Robert Edwards (4) British physiologist and pioneer in Reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in particular - the first test-tube baby. 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 'for the development of in vitro fertilization'
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German rocket-propulsion engineer & advocate for space colonization/He worked at Peenemünde as a propulsion engineer from 1942-1945, then to USA with other German rocket scientists & technicians under 'Operation Papercli
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populaition bio. author (population bomb)
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Human ethnologist
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nobel chemistry laureate 1967
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Bloodline/Was an anesthesiologist and physician, at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica and the great - grandson of physicist Albert Einstein
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Russian solid state physicist. Ekimov along with Moungi Bawendi and Louis E. Brus are the recipients of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 'for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots'
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Egyp/Amer scientist worked w/NASA in planning of scientific exploration of the Moon, & selection of Apollo landing sites & training of astronauts in lunar observations & photography. Shuttle pod named in Star Trek: The Next Generation 'Time Sq
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Nobel Laureate Peace
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inventor co-developed tagarment
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Scientist/Entomologist/Author - Known for his authority on the History and Geological placement of insects most notably the 'Honey Bee', writer or over 300 papers and the book 'Evolution of the Insects'
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Flight sicentist
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computer scientist (mouse inventor)
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nobel economics laureate 2003
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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Belgian theoretical physicist and 2013 Nobel laureate (shared with Peter Higgs)
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World renown Psychoanalyst born 1916
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South African-born British cardiac surgeon (Born: 1932) He performed Britain's first successful heart transplant in January 1979. He was knighted in 1991. He is now retired and lives in the UK. Sir Terence English
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British pathologist one of the discoverers of the Epstein Barr virus
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nobel chemistry 1991
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German physicist, 2007 Nobel Prize in chemistry
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Nobel physics laureate 1973
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Astronomer - exoplanet detection
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(12/4/1918?7/23/2011 Academic/"Father of cryonics" from impact of his book The Prospect of Immortality/Considered pioneer transhumanist from his book Man into Superman. Founded Cryonics Institute & Immortalist Society/His body Cryopreserved
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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2007
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Scientist
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Robert R. Everett (born ca. 1920) is a computer scientist known to be the father of electronic computers
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Flight scientist
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American engineer, designer, entrepreneur, and active investor. He is the inventor of the iPod and the iPhone
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scientist invented space shuttle & lunar lander
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invertor (co-inv. micoprocessor & computer chip)
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American economist and Nobel laureate in Economics jointly with Robert Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen
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American immunologist who has made substantial contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/Saved millions of lifes
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Inventor Nespresso-businessman
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Scientist
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inventor (portable computer)
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Austrian naturalist
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Nobel prize winner - Chemistry - 2002
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Australian virologist12/21/1914
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Invented LCD technology; Inventor Hall of Fame Inductee
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A synthetic organic chemist. He received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Jean-Pierre Sauvage, 'for the design and synthesis of molecular machines'
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Flight scientist
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French physicist , Nobel Prize 2007
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Son of Richard Feynman
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Daughter of Richard Feynman
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Dr. Wernher Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member
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Scientist
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Co Inventor of Bubble Wrap
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Belgian molecular biologist who was the first to establish the complete nucleotide sequence of a viral RNA-genome
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developed napalm
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Renowned physicist and optical engineer, winner of the Kingslake medal
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US WWII army vet (ETO, 287th Combat Engineers) and NASA engineer, born 1924. Project chief scientist and manager for Pioneer planetary missions 6-13. Pioneer 10 and 11 the first spacecrafts to Jupiter and Saturn, and the first to leave the solar system
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Is a centenarian, a British statistician, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh, and former President of the Royal Statistical Society and of the Biometric Society
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Nobel prize winner - Medicine - 2006
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nobel medicine 1992
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nobel chemistry 1973
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Nobel prize for physics 1980, worked on Manhattan Project
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Inventor
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Born 1883 American Animator known for Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor Man, and Superman. Also the inventor of the Rotoscope in 1915 and founder of Fleischer Studios Inc
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Egyptologist
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Canadian aerospace engineer (Born: 1914) He was involved in the design and development of the Avro Jetliner and CF-100 aircraft designs, over a period which is viewed by many as the 'Golden Age' of the Canadian aviation industry
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Invented Embolectomy Catheter - industry standard that revolutionized cardiovascular surgery (balloon catheterization); inductee Inventor Hall of Fame
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Inventor and Game Designer who invented the game Twister
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cancer researcher
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Fred Ford (4)Co-creator, with Paul Reiche III, of the Star Control universe. Ford did the programming, while Reiche was responsible for the game design and fiction. Ford was also the lead programmer on The Horde and Pandemonium
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US physicist, teacher, author (b. 1926). Worked on developing the H-Bomb, under his mentor John Wheeler at Los Alamos, before completing his graduate studies
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Inventor random access memory; inductee to Inventor Hall of Fame. Born: 07/14/1918
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Monkey Woman of the World/Reseacher
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Fowler is best known for his UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) investigations and books focusing primarily on UFO sightings and close encounters in the New England area of the U.S., including the Betty Andreasson Luca Alien Abduction case
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inventor of natural colored cotton
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German-born American biophysicist at Columbia University, New York City and a Nobel laureate. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson
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British immunologist born 03/18/21912
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Engineer and a leading pioneer in Canada?s space programme. He played a leading role in the design, construction and application of Canada's first satellite, the Alouette
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Inductee of National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Chemist/Educator - created many self-testing systems for diabetes
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Born March 13, 1916, American self-taught structural designer, architectural designer, concept artist, educator, and futurist
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nobel physics laureate 1990
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U.F.O Researcher
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Flight (scientist)
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inventor post-its
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American chemist of Japanese descent. After studying at Harvard, he co-discovered the Fujimoto-Belleau reaction. Born 1 July 1920, if alive he'd be 99
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Astronomer
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Microbiologist, Natural farmer
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1998 Nobel Laureate in Medicine. Born: 06/04/1916
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Nobel medicine laureate 1976
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Astronomer
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Orangutan primatologist, Trimate, Leakey's Angel, Anthropologist, primatologist, scientist, conservationist, educator: for over four decades Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas has studied and worked closely with the orangutans of Indonesian Borneo
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US physician and medical researcher, born 1945. Bone marrow/leukemia and nuclear specialist. Called by the Soviet Union to treat 1986 Chernobyl victims, and by Japan to Fukushima in 2011. Emmy for '60 Minutes' Chernobyl piece
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Inventor Hall of Fame inductee; first to show that HIV caused AIDS
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Medicinal chemist, integral part in development of cimetidine. Listed as inventor or co-inventor of 160+ US patents as well as authored & co-authored over 260 scientific papers. Was inducted into the National Inventor's HOF for his work on cimetidine
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Dr. G: Medical Examiner on Discovery Health Channel
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Professional basketball player, WBA Medical doctor
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Flight (scientist)
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Scientist
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Theoretical physicist. Served on Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science & Tech. Black History Month 2017 Honoree. Featured in TurboTax and Verizon commercials and on NOVA PBS programs on physics, notably The Elegant Universe (2003)
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Centenarian American physicist, emeritus professor of applied physics at Stanford. Known for his work on the synthesis of novel materials of interest to several areas of physics and many interdisciplinary sciences
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Iranian-American programmer and video game designer usually credited in his games as simply Nasir. Gebelli wrote Apple II games for Sirius Software
