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Karl Benz: Karl Benz (1844-1929) was a German engineer who invented the first automobile (car) with a petroleum driven, internal combustion engine (1885). The engine of...; Updated 15 days ago | Karl Benz › automobiles
Sir Isaac Newton: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was a famous English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, theologian, natural philosopher, and alchemist. After a brilliant career...; Updated 15 days ago | Sir Isaac Newton › astronomy
Avicenna: Avicenna (c. 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, was a Persian philosopher and physician. He made discoveries and breakthoughs in many fields of medicine....; Updated 15 days ago | Avicenna › aristotle
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) was a British engineer who built bridges, docks, canals, railways, and tunnels. He built large sections of the Great Western...; Updated 15 days ago | Isambard Kingdom Brunel › bristol
Alessandro Volta: Count Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) was an Italian physicist who invented the world's first electric pile (electric cell or battery). Earlier in his career (1775),...; Updated 15 days ago | Alessandro Volta › alessandro volta
James Clerk Maxwell: James Clerk Maxwell (1831-79) was a Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician. He devised a series of equations regarding electrical and magnetic fi...; Updated 15 days ago | James Clerk Maxwell › albert einstein
Andreas Vesalius: Andreas Vesalius (1514-64) was a Flemish anatomist. He made many discoveries in anatomy based on his studies involving the dissection of cadavers (human dead...; Updated 15 days ago | Andreas Vesalius › anatomy
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (Röntgen): Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845-1923) was a German physicist, who discovered X-rays. He made this discovery in 1895 while he was experimenting with cathode r...; Updated 15 days ago | Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen › history of medicine
Ambroise Paré (Ambrose Paré): Ambroise Pare (c. 1510 - 1590) was a surgeon in the French army who made a number of important advances in surgery and other fields of medicine. Pare initi...; Updated 15 days ago | Ambroise Pare › ambroise pare
John Hunter: John Hunter (1728-93) was a Scottish anatomist, surgeon and physiologist. He was the founder of pathological anatomy in England, brought in new techniques in...; Updated 15 days ago | John Hunter › anatomy
Robert Koch: Robert Koch (1843-1910) was a German physician who established that specific diseases are caused by specific germs (the germ theory of disease). He isolated...; Updated 15 days ago | Robert Koch › anthrax
Joseph Lister: Joseph Lister (1827-1912) was an English surgeon who discovered the antiseptic process (antisepsis) in surgery. Prior to the use of antiseptics by Lister,...; Updated 15 days ago | Joseph Lister › antisepsis
Samuel Morse: Samuel Morse (1791-1872) was a famous American inventor. He made important discoveries in the method of communicating over long distances known as the electric...; Updated 15 days ago | Samuel Morse › electric telegraph
Imhotep: Imhotep (2667 BC - 2648 BC) was an extraordinary Ancient Egyptian who excelled in many different fields, including medicine and architecture. In medicine,...; Updated 15 days ago | Imhotep › ancient egypt
Johannes Kepler: Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a great German astronomer, mathematician and astrologer. He was one of the founders of modern astronomy. His greatest contribution...; Updated 15 days ago | Johannes Kepler › astrology
Michael Faraday: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was a brilliant British chemist and physicist. Born into a poor family, he went to work for a bookseller and began to read books...; Updated 15 days ago | Michael Faraday › chemistry
John Dalton: John Dalton (1766-1844) was an English chemist and physicist. His New System of Natural Philosophy laid the foundations for the modern theory of the atom (the...; Updated 15 days ago | John Dalton › atomic theory
Johannes Gutenberg: Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398 - 1468) was a German goldsmith and printer who was the first European to use movable type printing. He was also the first person...; Updated 15 days ago | Johannes Gutenberg › bible
Guglielmo Marconi: Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian inventor, whose most famous invention was the radio telegraph system. He succeeded in sending radio messages a...; Updated 15 days ago | Guglielmo Marconi › crippen
Christiaan Barnard: Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon, famous for performing the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant on 3...; Updated 15 days ago | Christiaan Barnard › barnard

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