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Famous for experimenting with gas engines.
Created 4 stroke cylinder. Invented the internal combustion engine. |
Nicholas Otto
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Famous for creating Microsoft.
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Bill Gates
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Famous for being first person to split atom
I discovered the element Neptunium. I produced the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. |
Enrico Firmi
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Created the Polio vaccine.
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Jonas Salk
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Invented dynamite.
Awards are given out in his name. |
Alfred Nobel
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Famous for inventing the first microscope.
Discovered blood cells exsisted in body. |
Antony Van Leeuwenhoek
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Organized elements in the periodic table.
Published Principles of Chemistry. |
Dimitri Mendelev
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Lived for almost 18 years among the gorillas.
Learned a great deal about mountain gorillas in Africa. Raised the world's awareness to the dangers faced by the mountain gorilla. |
Dian Fossey
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The world's foremost authority on chimpanzees.
Discovered first recorded instance of toolmaking by nonhumans. Teaches the humane way to study chimps in a lab setting |
Jane Goodall
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Lived: 287BC?-212BC
I am known as the father of experimental science. My famous principle focuses on buoyancy. |
Archimedes
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