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  2. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field

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    For systemic use of experimentation in science and contributions to scientific method, physics and observational astronomy. The work of Principia by Newton, who also refined the scientific method, and who is widely regarded as the most important figure of the Scientific Revolution. [4] [5] Science (ancient) Thales (c. 624/623 – c. 548/545 BC ...

  4. List of general science and technology awards - Wikipedia

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    Outstanding contribution in the fields of science, technology, culture or social welfare [30] Israel: Harvey Prize: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology: Breakthroughs in science and technology [31] [32] Israel: Wolf Prize: Wolf Foundation: Living scientists and artists for achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations ...

  5. Lists of scientists - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of pioneers in computer science - Wikipedia

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    Although the US Navy did not adopt the technology until the 1960s, the principles of their work are incorporated into Bluetooth and GPS technology and are similar to methods used in legacy versions of CDMA and Wi-Fi. This work led to their induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014. 1974, 1978 Lamport, Leslie

  7. List of prolific inventors - Wikipedia

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    Only utility patents (or the international equivalent) are listed, as a utility patent is a patent for an invention. Not all patents are for inventions. Other patent types include: design patents for the ornamental design of an object; plant patents for plant varieties; and reissue patents, where a correction is made to an already granted patent.

  8. Lists of science and technology awards - Wikipedia

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    In July 2020 scientists reported that work honored by Nobel Prizes clusters in only a few scientific fields with only 36/71 having received at least one Nobel Prize of the 114/849 domains science could be divided into according to their DC2 and DC3 classification systems. Five of the 114 domains were shown to make up over half of the Nobel ...

  9. List of people considered father or mother of a field - Wikipedia

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    Often, discoveries and innovations are the work of multiple people, resulting from continual improvements over time. However, certain individuals are remembered for making significant contributions to the birth or development of a field or technology. [1]