robert goddard
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R obert Goddard launched the space age with a 10-ft. rocket in a New England cabbage field ...
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william shockley
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W illiam Shockley fathered the transistor and brought the silicon to Silicon Valley but is ...
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marc andreessen
Marc Andreesen was a student and part-time assistant at the National Center for
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leo baekeland
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L eo Baekeland in the opening scene of The Graduate, Benjamin Braddock (played by a young D...
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dr.abdul k azad
D r. Avul Pakir Jainulabhudin Adbul Kalam, the twelfth President of India, is rightfully termed as ...
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benjamin banneker
Benjamin Banneker was an African-American astronomer, clockmaker, and publisher
who wa...
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marjorie harris carr
Marjorie Harris Carr's interest in the world around her began in the early 1920's
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leakey family
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L ouis Leakey’s enthusiasm for Africa and the search for earliest man were infectious...
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kareem abdul jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born April 16, 1947 in New York City, New York) was a successful high s...
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dian fossey
Dian Fossey was born in San Francisco, California in 1932. Her strong interest
in anim...
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abu abdullah al-battani
A bdallah Muhammad Ibn Jabir Ibn Sinan al-Battani al-Harrani was born around 858 C.E. in Harran, an...
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roger tory peterson
How would you live your life if at the age of 26, going against your father?s
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the amazing kreskin
George Joseph Kresge, Jr., better known as The Amazing Kreskin, (born January 12,
1935 in Mo...
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abu al-qasim al-zahravi
A bul Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas al-Zahravi (known in the west as Abulcasis) was born in 936 C.E. in...
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kennewick man
Kennewick Man is the name for the skeletal remains of a prehistoric man found on
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andrew grove
Andrew S. Grove was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936. He graduated from
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abu ali hasan ibn al-haitham
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A bu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham was one of the most eminent physicists,
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abu al-nasr al-farabi
A bu Nasr Mohammad Ibn al-Farakh al-Farabi was born in a small village Wasij, near Farab in Turkist...
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percy lavon julian
Percy Julian is best known for formulating a drug to treat glaucoma and for
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abul hasan ali al-masu?di
A bul Hasan Ali Ibn Husain Ibn Ali Al-Masu’di was a descendant of Abdallah Ibn Masu’d, ...
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marjory stoneman douglas
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, born April 7, 1890 in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
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