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19 Cards in this Set
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American biologist; Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
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James Watson
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British physicist and molecular biologist;Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
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Francis Crick
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Austrian monk and teacher; “Father of Genetics” & established Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance
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Gregor Mendel
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American inventor; Invented bifocal glasses, Daylight savings time, Franklin stove, lightning rod, urinary catheter, odometer, and swim fins.
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Benjamin Franklin
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American inventor; Invented the phonograph, incandescent light bulb, stock ticker, motion picture camera, and two-way telegraph.
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Thomas Alva Edison
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American botanist; Invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and pecans
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George Washington Carver
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American chemist; Discovered way to mass produce cortisone from soybeans and yams.
, Developed synthetic sex hormones for men and women. , Developed aero-foam from soybeans, which is a flame retardant used extensively in aviation. |
Percy Julian
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American surgical technician; Developed surgical techniques and instruments to assist in cardiac surgeries.
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Vivien T. Thomas, L.L.D.
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American astrophysicist; Director of the American Observatory in Washington DC.
; Member of several Presidential Commissions on space exploration. ; Member of NASA Advisory Council. ; Host of NOVA ScienceNow on PBS. ; Author of numerous books on the subject of space and its mysteries. |
Neil de Grasse Tyson
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Arab mathematician.
; Gave us our number system and Algebra. |
Al-Khwarizmi
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English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and philosopher; Discovered the Three Universal Laws of Motion.
; Law of Gravity. ; Invented the cat flap. |
Sir Isaac Newton
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Scottish-American inventor.
; Invented the telephone, metal detector, and hydrofoil. ;. Connected to the Eugenics movement. |
Alexander Graham Bell
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British geologist and naturalist; Father of the theory of evolution through natural and sexual selection.
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Charles Darwin
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German-born theoretical physicist; Author of the general theory of relativity.
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Albert Einstein
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Greek scientist; Developed the first Atomic Theory of Matter.
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Democritus
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French physicist; Correctly predicted infra-red radiation; Translated the Principia into French.
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Emilie Du Chatelet
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American President, inventor, philosopher, architect, and scientist; Developed modern archeological digging techniques still in use today.
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Thomas Jefferson
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American senator and environmentalist; Founder of Earth Day.
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Gaylord Nelson
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Polish astronomer and mathematician; Originated the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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Nicholaus Copernicus
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