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Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was one of the most recognisable scientists in the world, not just for his groundbreaking work in cosmology…

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Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei, one of the most influential figures in the history of science, was born on 15 February 1564 in…

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Born 9 May 1874 – Howard Carter

Howard Carter, a renowned British archaeologist and Egyptologist, was born in Kensington, London on May 9, 1874. Although lacking formal…

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Born 15 April 1452 – Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci, the quintessential Renaissance man, was born on April 15, 1452, in Anchiano, a small village near Vinci…

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Born 5 April 1827 – Joseph Lister

Joseph Lister, born on April 5, 1827, in Essex, England, significantly advanced medical science by introducing antiseptic surgery techniques, greatly…

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Jacques Cousteau

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born on 11 June 1910 in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, which is not too far from Bordeaux in South-Western…

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Charles Darwin

“Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits” – Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin is quite…

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J Robert Oppenheimer

“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds” – J Robert Oppenheimer. There are many examples of people from history…

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Gustave Eiffel

“I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous than I am.” – Gustave Eiffel. Gustave Eiffel…

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Ada Lovelace

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Charles Babbage

“It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed…

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Johannes Kepler

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Albert Einstein

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Francis Crick

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Marie Curie

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Ian McCaskill

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