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  2. Thomas Midgley Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Midgley Jr. (May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944) was an American mechanical and chemical engineer.He played a major role in developing leaded gasoline (tetraethyl lead) and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), better known in the United States by the brand name Freon; both products were later banned from common use due to their harmful impact on human health and the environment.

  3. America's Book of Secrets - Wikipedia

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    America's Book of Secrets is a documentary series about mysterious or little known aspects of U.S. history, theories about secrets that are possibly being hidden from the public, and hidden sources of the social issues that face the country. [2]

  4. Thomas Midgley - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Midgley may refer to: Thomas Midgley (footballer) (1856–1957), English footballer; Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889–1944), American chemist This page was last ...

  5. Books of secrets - Wikipedia

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    Other books of secrets, such as Isabella Cortese's Secreti (1564), disseminated alchemical information to a wide readership. Recent research has suggested that the books of secrets may have played an important role in the emergence of experimental science by bringing practical technical information to the attention of experimental scientists. [1]

  6. Chemistry: A Volatile History - Wikipedia

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    In 1942 Enrico Fermi, now living in America, successfully induced a chain reaction in uranium, but processing uranium for bombs was both difficult and costly. America had just come up with a different solution to win the atomic race. Now finally, scientists' dream of creating an element beyond the end of the periodic table was about to be realized.

  7. The Men Who Built America - Wikipedia

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    The Men Who Built America (also known as The Innovators: The Men Who Built America in some international markets) is an eight-hour, four-part miniseries docudrama which was originally broadcast on the History Channel in autumn 2012, and on the History Channel UK in fall 2013.

  8. Book of Secrets - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Secrets, 1997 album by Loreena McKennitt; The Secret Book, 2006 Macedonian detective film directed by Vlado Cvetanovski; National Treasure: Book of Secrets, 2007 film directed by Jon Turteltaub; America's Book of Secrets, a program broadcast by History TV channel "Book of Secrets" (L.A.'s Finest), a 2019 television episode

  9. Tizard Mission - Wikipedia

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    Britain made significant scientific advances in military technology, weapons and their components before World War II began in September 1939. [2] [3] [4] After the Fall of France in June 1940, which saw Germany overrun most of the countries of Western Europe, Germany's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, Operation Sea Lion, was preceded by its effort to establish air superiority in the ...