Great Lives from History: Inventors and Inventions Table of Contents
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A `Abbas ibn Firnas Edward Goodrich Acheson George Biddell Airy George Edward Alcorn Ernst Alexanderson Luis W. Álvarez Marc Andreessen Archimedes Aristotle Sir Richard Arkwright Edwin H. Armstrong Arthur James Arnot John Vincent Atanasoff Hertha Marks Ayrton
B Charles Babbage Roger Bacon Leo Hendrik Baekeland Alexander Bain Benjamin Banneker John Bardeen Patricia Bath Andrew Jackson Beard J. Georg Bednorz Semi Joseph Begun Georg von Békésy Alexander Graham Bell Carl Benz Friedrich Bergius Emile Berliner Tim Berners-Lee Clifford Berry Sir Henry Bessemer Edwin Binney Gerd Binnig Clarence Birdseye Katharine Burr Blodgett Marie Anne Victoire Boivin H. Cecil Booth Carl Bosch Walther Bothe Herbert Wayne Boyer Otis Boykin Willard S. Boyle Louis Braille Giovanni Branca Jacques Edwin Brandenberger Walter H. Brattain Karl Ferdinand Braun Wernher von Braun John Moses Browning William Bullock Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Luther Burbank William Seward Burroughs David Bushnell Nolan K. Bushnell
C Cai Lun Robert Cailliau John Campbell Marvin Camras Chester F. Carlson Wallace Hume Carothers Willis Carrier George R. Carruthers Edmund Cartwright George Washington Carver George Cayley Vinton Gray Cerf Georges Claude Josephine Garis Cochran Sir Christopher Cockerell Stanley Norman Cohen Samuel Colt William Fothergill Cooke William David Coolidge Martin Cooper Peter Cooper Martha J. Coston Frederick Gardner Cottrell Jacques Cousteau Joshua Lionel Cowen Seymour Cray Bartolomeo Cristofori Sir William Crookes Caresse Crosby Ctesibius of Alexandria Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot Glenn H. Curtiss
D Louis Jacques Daguerre Gottlieb Daimler Nils Gustaf Dalén Raymond Damadian Abraham Darby Sir Humphry Davy Mark Dean John Deere Lee De Forest Sir James Dewar Rudolf Diesel Walt Disney Carl Djerassi Herbert Henry Dow Charles Stark Draper Charles Richard Drew Richard G. Drew John Boyd Dunlop
E George Eastman John Presper Eckert Harold E. Edgerton Thomas Alva Edison Albert Einstein Willem Einthoven Gertrude Belle Elion Philip Emeagwali John Ericsson Oliver Evans
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Tony Fadell Federico Faggin Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit Michael Faraday Philo T. Farnsworth James Fergason Enrico Fermi Reginald Aubrey Fessenden John Fitch Henry Ford Jay Wright Forrester Léon Foucault Benjamin Franklin Joseph von Fraunhofer Helen M. Free Calvin Fuller R. Buckminster Fuller Robert Fulton
G Dennis Gabor Ashok Gadgil Galileo Robert Charles Gallo Bill Gates Richard Gatling Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac Hans Geiger Ivan A. Getting William Francis Giauque Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth King Camp Gillette Charles P. Ginsburg Donald A. Glaser Joseph Glidden Robert H. Goddard Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Peter Carl Goldmark Charles Goodyear Gordon Gould Meredith C. Gourdine Bette Nesmith Graham Elisha Gray Wilson Greatbatch James Gregory Alfred J. Gross Sir William Robert Grove Otto von Guericke Johann Gutenberg
H Fritz Haber Charles Martin Hall H. Tracy Hall James Hargreaves Sir John Harington John Harrison Oliver Heaviside Hermann von Helmholtz Beulah Louise Henry Joseph Henry Hero of Alexandria Heinrich Hertz Peter Cooper Hewitt William Redington Hewlett James Hillier Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Richard March Hoe Ted Hoff John Philip Holland Herman Hollerith Nick Holonyak, Jr. Robert Hooke Erna Schneider Hoover Grace Murray Hopper John Alexander Hopps Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield Elias Howe Huangdi David Edward Hughes Miller Reese Hutchison Christiaan Huygens Ida H. Hyde
J Karl G. Jansky Zacharias Janssen Robert Jarvik Ali Javan Al-Jazar{imacr} Thomas Jefferson Alec Jeffreys Edward Jenner Thomas L. Jennings Steve Jobs Eldridge R. Johnson Frederick McKinley Jones Percy Lavon Julian
K Bob Kahn Dean Kamen Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa John Kay John Harvey Kellogg Lord Kelvin Charles F. Kettering Al-Khw{amacr}rizm{imacr} Jack St. Clair Kilby Mary-Claire King Ewald Georg von Kleist Margaret E. Knight Willem Johan Kolff Roscoe Koontz Ray Kurzweil Stephanie Kwolek
L René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laënnec Edwin Herbert Land Samuel Pierpont Langley Irving Langmuir Lewis Howard Latimer Ernest Orlando Lawrence Bill Lear Hugh Le Caine Robert Steven Ledley Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Emmett Leith Jerome H. Lemelson Étienne Lenoir Louis-Sébastien Lenormand Leonardo da Vinci Willard F. Libby Carl von Linde Edwin Albert Link Hans Lippershey Gabriel Lippmann M. Stanley Livingston Auguste and Louis Lumière
M John Loudon McAdam Cyrus Hall McCormick Elijah McCoy Paul B. MacCready Charles Macintosh Theodore Harold Maiman Leopold Mannes Guglielmo Marconi Jan Ernst Matzeliger John William Mauchly Hiram Percy Maxim Hiram Stevens Maxim Hudson Maxim Dimitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev Gerardus Mercator Ottmar Mergenthaler Georges de Mestral Robert Metcalfe André and Édouard Michelin John Milne Joseph Monier Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier Robert Moog Garrett Augustus Morgan Samuel F. B. Morse Erwin Wilhelm Müller Karl Alexander Müller Kary B. Mullis William Murdock Pieter van Musschenbroek
N Shuji Nakamura Naomi L. Nakao John Napier James Nasmyth Henri Nestlé Thomas Newcomen Sir Isaac Newton Nicéphore Niépce Alfred Nobel Robert Norton Noyce
O Victor Leaton Ochoa Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain Ransom Eli Olds Ken Olsen J. Robert Oppenheimer Elisha Graves Otis Nikolaus August Otto Stanford Ovshinsky
P Larry Page Charles Parsons Blaise Pascal Louis Pasteur Ruth Patrick Les Paul Gerald Pearson John Stith Pemberton John R. Pierce Roy J. Plunkett Joseph Priestley Ptolemy George Mortimer Pullman Jacob Rabinow
R Jesse Ramsden Ira Remsen Jesse W. Reno Charles Francis Richter Norbert Rillieux John Augustus Roebling Heinrich Rohrer Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Sylvester Roper Ernst Ruska James Russell Burt Rutan
S Jonas Salk Henry Thomas Sampson Santorio Santorio Thomas Savery Arthur L. Schawlow Jacob Schick Bernhard Voldemar Schmidt Ignaz Schwinn Glenn Theodore Seaborg Claude Elwood Shannon John C. Sheehan Patsy O'Connell Sherman William Shockley Christopher Latham Sholes Alan Shugart Werner Siemens Igor Sikorsky Isaac Merrit Singer James Murray Spangler Percy L. Spencer Elmer Ambrose Sperry Frank J. Sprague Rangaswamy Srinivasan Charles Proteus Steinmetz George Stephenson John Stevens George Stibitz Robert Stirling Levi Strauss William Sturgeon Theodor Svedberg Joseph Wilson Swan Leo Szilard
T Toyoichi Tanaka Charles E. Taylor Maria Telkes Edward Teller Nikola Tesla Valerie L. Thomas Benjamin Thompson John T. Thompson Elihu Thomson Max Tishler Evangelista Torricelli Charles Hard Townes Sakichi Toyoda Richard Trevithick Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Jethro Tull Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev Earl S. Tupper