Science
Discoveries, theories, the people who made them.
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George WashingtonU.S. Founding Father, president from 1789 to 1797
Leonardo da VinciItalian polymath (1452–1519)
René DescartesFrench philosopher and mathematician (1596–1650)
John LockeEnglish philosopher and physician (1632–1704)
Immanuel KantGerman philosopher (1724–1804)
AvicennaPersian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
Johannes GutenbergGerman inventor and craftsman (died 1468)
Nicolaus CopernicusMathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)- Galileo GalileiItalian physicist and astronomer (1564–1642)
Isaac NewtonEnglish polymath (1642–1727)
Antoine LavoisierFrench nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
Michael FaradayEnglish chemist and physicist (1791–1867)
Louis PasteurFrench chemist, pharmacist and microbiologist (1822–1895)
James Clerk MaxwellScottish physicist and mathematician (1831–1879)
Dmitri MendeleevRussian chemist (1834–1907)
Thomas EdisonAmerican inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
Nikola TeslaSerbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
Marie CuriePolish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
ArchimedesGreek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – 212 BC)
Leonhard EulerSwiss mathematician (1707–1783)
Carl Friedrich GaussGerman scholar (1777–1855)
Alan TuringEnglish computer scientist (1912–1954)- Mercator projectionCylindrical conformal map projection
Albrecht DürerGerman artist and theorist (1471–1528)
Filippo BrunelleschiItalian Renaissance architect (1377–1446)
Christopher WrenEnglish architect (1632–1723)
Sergei Prokudin-GorskiiRussian chemist and photographer (1863–1944)
Omar KhayyámPersian polymath and poet (1048–1131)
ComputerProgrammable machine that processes data- IInternetGlobal system of connected computer networks
Nuclear weapon- TTelescopeInstrument that makes distant objects appear magnified
- LLaptopPersonal computer for mobile use
Incandescent light bulbElectric light bulb with a resistively heated wire filament
Traffic lightSignalling device to control competing flows of traffic
Electrical generatorDevice that converts other energy to electrical energy- IInternet ProtocolCommunication protocol that allows connections between networks
- PhonographDevice for analogue recording of sound
Antikythera mechanismAncient Greek analogue astronomical computer
Iron DomeIsraeli air defense system
AutomatonSelf-operating machine- NNozzleDevice used to direct the flow of a fluid
Pascal's calculatorEarly mechanical calculator
Parallel portComputer interface- Post-it NoteSmall piece of paper with a re-adherable strip of glue on its back
The TurkChess-playing automaton hoax (1770–1854)
Seed drillSeed-sowing agricultural device- AAnalytical engine19th century proposed mechanical computer
VimanaFlying palaces or chariots described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics
Difference engineAutomatic mechanical calculator- SStereoscopeDevice for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images
- IIndoor tanningTanning using an artificial source of ultraviolet light
- Opto-isolatorElectronic component
PhonautographEarliest known device for recording sound- EElectric shaverRazor with an electrically powered rotating or oscillating blade
- UUSB hubDevice that expands a single USB port into several
- iPhone Air2025 smartphone by Apple
- DistributorDevice in the ignition system of an internal combustion engine
Optical filterFilters which selectively transmit specific colors- Nipkow diskImage scanning device
Drawing boardDesk used for drawings and architecture- FFoghornDevice using sound to warn shipping in fog
- Gear pumpType of pump which uses the meshing of gears to push fluids