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American inventor and aeronautics pioneer [13] Henry Beachell: 1906–2006: 100: American developer of "miracle rice" [14] Wilfried de Beauclair: 1912–2020: 108: Swiss-born German engineer and computer scientist [15] Arnold Orville Beckman: 1900–2004: 104: American chemist and businessman who founded Beckman Instruments [16] Bei Shizhang ...
[12] 719 people took part in the poll, primarily academic historians and political scientists, although some politicians and celebrities also took part. Participants from every state were included and emphasis was placed upon getting input from female historians and "specialists in African American studies" as well as a few non-American ...
National Academy of Sciences Benjamin Franklin, one of the first early American scientists Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone in Fort Myers, Florida, February 11, 1929. In the early decades of its history, the United States was relatively isolated from Europe and also rather poor.
Christine Wilson (scientist) – Canadian-American physicist and astronomer; Kenneth Geddes Wilson – United States (1936–2013) Nobel laureate; Robert R. Wilson – United States (1914–2000) Nobel laureate; Robert Woodrow Wilson – United States (born 1936) John R. Winckler – United States (1918–2001)
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
Linus Carl Pauling FRS (/ ˈ p ɔː l ɪ ŋ / PAW-ling; February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) [4] was an American chemist, biochemist, chemical engineer, peace activist, author, and educator. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. [ 5 ]
Of the 100 chosen, Albert Einstein was chosen as the Person of the Century, on the grounds that he was the preeminent scientist in a century dominated by science. The editors of Time believed the 20th century "will be remembered foremost for its science and technology", and Einstein "serves as a symbol of all the scientists—such as Fermi, Heisenberg, Bohr, Richard Feynman, ...who built upon ...