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Key Points John Napier John Napier (John Napier frequently signed his name “Jhone Neper, Fear of Merchiston”, but later on we can […]
Who was Samuel Morland? Samuel Morland was an English academic, inventor, mathematician, diplomat, and spy. He lived in the 17th […]
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Fabrizio Mordente Fabrizio Mordente Fabrizio Mordente was born in 1532 in Salerno, a town in Campania (southwestern Italy). Until 1552 he studied […]
Who Was John Mauchly? John William Mauchly was an American physicist who designed the ENIAC. ENIAC is popularly regarded as […]
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Johann Helfrich von Muller Johann Helfrich von Müller was born in Cleve (a town in the northwest of North Rhine-Westphalia […]
Some people learn to develop skills as inventors, scientists, mathematicians, or mechanical engineers over years of schooling and training. […]
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There are many claims for the “father” of internet technology. Only one has the title of computing’s “Johnny Appleseed”. This […]
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Who Was Newman Marshman? Newman Marshman was the inventor of the modern typewriter. As an African-American inventor, Marshman’s achievement is […]
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Leonardo da Vinci The Uomo Universale of the Italian Renaissance and possibly the most brilliantly creative man in European history—Leonardo […]
Athanasius Kircher The Jesuit priest Athanasius Kircher was an authentic scientific superstar in his time, honored with the title “master […]
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: Heinrich Kummer The information for Kummer in Russian sources is very scanty. It is mentioned only that he was a […]
: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr Baron von Leibniz (the inventor of the Stepped Reckoner and a dreamer for a […]
: Charles Labofish It seems Charles Schachan Labofish was from a German Jewish family, but he was born in Odessa, Russian […]
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: Semyon Korsakov was an extended member of the noble family Korsakov, some other notable members including the Russian military […]
: Lewis Montgomery Hosea Lewis Montgomery Hosea was born on 16 December 1842, in Montgomery, Alabama, to Robert Hosea (1811-1906), a […]
: Who was Karel Čapek? Karel Čapek was a critic, playwright, and novelist who wrote science fiction before it was officially a […]
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: William Hopkins William Wallace Hopkins was born on 16 November 1850, in Boone County, Indiana, USA, to Albert Hopkins (1818-1905) […]
: Who was Jack Kilby? Jack Kilby, an engineer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for physics (along with Robert Noyce) […]
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Wolfgang von Kempelen What is behind the person, who created two hotly debated technical sensations from the late XVIII century — […]
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: Hillerin de Boistissandeau The French mathematician and inventor Jean-Baptiste Laurent de Hillerin de La Touche de Boistissandeau was born […]
: Henry Alonzo House Henry Alonzo House was a prolific American inventor and businessman who developed machinery and processes that have […]
: Who was Thomas Hill? Thomas Hill was an inventor, clergyman, scientist, educator, and university professor. From the halls of Harvard […]
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Herman Hollerith Herman Hollerith was born on 29 February 1860, in Buffalo, New York. He was the youngest of six […]
: Curt Herzstark Curt (Kurt) Herzstark (the inventor of the remarkable Curta calculator) was born on 26 January 1902 in Vienna. […]
