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Heron (c. 10–70), Roman Egypt – usually credited with invention of the aeolipile, although it may have been described a century earlier; John Herschel (1792–1871), UK – photographic fixer (hypo), actinometer; Harry Houdini (1874–1926) U.S. – flight time illusion; Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894), Germany – radio telegraphy ...
List of Austrian scientists; List of Azerbaijani scientists and philosophers; List of Brazilian scientists; List of Bangladeshi scientists. List of British Jewish scientists; List of Cornish scientists; List of Scottish scientists; List of Welsh scientists; List of Byzantine scholars (including scientists) List of Chinese scientists; List of ...
Following is a list of physicists who are notable for their achievements. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
For their role in the Manhattan Project: Aerodynamics: Nikolai Zhukovsky George Cayley [133] Zhukovsky was the first to undertake the study of airflow, was the first engineer scientist to explain mathematically the origin of aerodynamic lift. Cayley Investigated theoretical aspects of flight and experimented with flight a century before the ...
Francesco Bellini (born 1947), research scientist, doctor in organic chemistry; Andrey Belozersky (1905–1972), Soviet biologist and biochemist, doctor in biological sciences; Ruth R. Benerito (1916–2013), American chemist known for inventions relating to textiles; Paul Berg (1926–2023), American biochemist,1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Display of inductees in the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Alexandria. The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology.
List of African-American inventors and scientists; List of Albanian inventors and discoverers; ... List of inventors killed by their own invention; L.
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.