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[Labatut] casts the flickering light of gothic fiction on 20th-century science", [18] while John Williams in The New York Times Book Review says that When We Cease to Understand the World "fuses fact and fiction to turn the modern history of physics into a gripping narrative of obsessed scientists, world-changing discoveries, and the ultimate ...
Some names such as Marie Curie and Ada Lovelace are widely known, many other women have been active inventors and innovators in a wide range of interests and applications, contributing important developments to the world in which we live. [2] [3] The following is a list of notable women innovators and inventors displayed by country.
The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references for an inventor.
Mikhail Mil (1909–1970), Russia – Mi-series helicopter aircraft, including Mil Mi-8 (the world's most-produced helicopter) and Mil Mi-12 (the world's largest helicopter) Alexander Miles (1838–1918), U.S. – system for automatically opening and closing elevator doors; David L. Mills (1938–2024), U.S. – Fuzzball router, Network Time ...
An inventor's notebook is used by inventors, scientists and engineers to record their ideas, invention process, experimental tests and results and observations. It is not a legal document but is valuable, if properly organized and maintained, since it can help establish dates of conception and reduction to practice.
It is an Iranian science and technology award that is given every two years to the top scientists of the Islamic world. China: Future Science Prize: Future Forum: Award given to outstanding scientist is life sciences, physical science, and mathematics and computer science. China: Highest Science and Technology Award
List of Catholic clergy scientists; List of lay Catholic scientists; List of chemists; List of Christians in science and technology; List of Christian Nobel laureates; List of Christian scientists and scholars of medieval Islam; List of climate scientists; List of women climate scientists and activists; List of cognitive scientists; List of ...
Great Scottish inventions and discoveries: a concise guide : a selection of Scottish inventions and discoveries made over a period stretching back to the fifteenth century, John Geddes, Northern Books, 1994; Scottish Inventors, Alistair Fyfe, HarperCollins, 1999, ISBN 0-00-472326-0, ISBN 978-0-00-472326-6