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Key Points: Robert Hooke (1635-1703), a modern portrait from Rita Greer, a history artist (there are no surviving images of Robert […]
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Emanuel Goldberg In the 1920s the German scientist Emanuel Goldberg (see the biography of Emanuel Goldberg) of Zeiss Ikon, Dresden, […]
: Who was Murray Leinster Murray Leinster was the pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, […]
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) In 1939 the famous Argentine writer and […]
Digg of Kevin Rose Kevin Rose is an American Internet Entrepreneur, known for his several Internet start-ups. He is the co-founder […]
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Who Is Ted Nelson? Born in 1937, Theodor Holm Nelson is an American philosopher, computer scientist, and sociologist. He specializes […]
Who Was Larry Roberts? Larry (Lawrence) Roberts is known as the father of computer vision for his contributions to the […]
Donald Davies Three people can be credited as inventors of packet-switched networks, thus laying the foundations for the Internet: Paul […]
Charles Goldfarb — the Godfather of Markup Languages The idea of markup languages was apparently first publicly presented by the […]
Joseph Licklider Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (see biography of Licklider), called also J.C.R. or “Lick”, was an American scientist, an […]
Leonard Kleinrock Three people can be credited as inventors of packet-switched networks, thus laying the foundations for the Internet: Leonard […]
Who Was Paul Baran? Born on April 29, 1926, Paul Baran was an American inventor, economist, and electrical engineer who, […]
Why is the computer such an important machine? Can you answer my question? If you are a child, you can say […]
François Willème Naturally, the first technology for producing kind of 3D models by mechanical means, which might be considered to […]
: Who was Jacques de Vaucanson? Jacques de Vaucanson (1709–1782) is a French engineer and inventor. He is responsible for creating […]
: Villard de Honnecourt The French Villard de Honnecourt is an enigmatic and power-minded medieval person, considered by some people as […]
: Juanelo Turriano The first android in the Western World, a completely mechanical figure that simulated a living human or animal, […]
: Jonathan Swift, the notable 17th and 18th century Anglo-Irish satirist and author, might not seem like someone who played […]
: Who Was Salomon de Caus? Born in 1576, Salomon de Caus was a French scientist and engineer with various amazing […]
Who was Johann Strasser Born Johann Georg Strasser, Johann Strasser was a remarkable Austrian technician, clockmaker, and mechanic who created […]
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: Calvin Mooers Calvin Northrup Mooers (1919-1994) was an American computer scientist who was an influential figure in the early information […]
Who Was Angela Ruiz Robles? Angela Ruiz Robles (1895-1975) was a Spanish teacher, writer, and the pioneer inventor of the […]
Who was Thomas Ross? Thomas Ross was an electrochemical expert from the University of Washington. He was among the first […]
Philon of Byzantion Very little is known about the Greek scientist Philon (ca. 280–220 BC) (sometimes called Philo) of Byzantion […]
