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Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, ForMemRS, (April 23, 1858 - October 4, 1947) was a German physicist who discovered quantum physics, initiating a revolution in natural science and philosophy. He is regarded as the founder of quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. Rea...
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Arjumand Banu (1593 - 1631)
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Arjumand Banu (6 April 1593 - 17 June 1631) widely known by the epithet Mumtaz Mahal (Persian, Urdu: meaning "the chosen one of the palace") was a Mughal Empress and chief consort of emperor Shah Jahan. Read more
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Pan Duo (1939 -2014)
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Renowned female mountaineer dies of diabetes Chinese mountaineer Panduo, the first woman to ascend Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, from the northern slope, died of diabetes on Monday. Panduo, who reached the summit of the world's highest peak, Qomolangma (8,848 meters), fr...
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Haile Selassie I (1892 - 1975)
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Haile Selassie I (23 July 1892 - 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. Read more
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Maria Cunitz (1604 - 1664)
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Maria Cunitz or Maria Cunitia (other versions of surname include: Cunicia, Cunitzin, Kunic, Cunitiae, Kunicia, Kunicka) (Wolów, Silesia, 1610 - Byczyna, Silesia, August 22, 1664) was an accomplished German astronomer, and one of the most notable female astronomers of the modern era. She autho...
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Elisabeth Hevelius
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Elisabeth Catherina Koopmann Hevelius (in Polish also called Elbieta Heweliusz) (17 January 1647 22 December 1693) is considered one of the first female astronomers, and called "the mother of moon charts". She was also the second wife of fellow astronomer Johannes Hevelius. Read mor...
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William Shatner
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William Alan Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, author and film director. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise, in the science fiction television series Star Trek from 1966 t...
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Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun (1508 - 1556)
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Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun (OS 7 March 1508 AD - OS 17 January 1556 AD) was the second Mughal Emperor who ruled a large territory consisting of what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530-1540 and again from 1555-1556. Read more
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Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787 - 1826)
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Joseph von Fraunhofer (6 March 1787 - 7 June 1826) was a German optician. He is known for the discovery of the dark absorption lines known as Fraunhofer lines in the Sun's spectrum, and for making excellent optical glass and achromatic telescope objectives. Read more
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Robert Grosseteste
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Title: A Medieval Multiverse: Mathematical Modelling of the 13th Century Universe of Robert Grosseteste Author: Richard G. Bower (Durham), Tom C. B. McLeish F.R.S. (Durham), Brian K. Tanner (Durham), Hannah E. Smithson (Oxford), Cecilia Panti (Rome), Neil Lewis (Georgetown), Giles E. M. Gasp...
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George Gamow (1904 - 1968)
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George Gamow (March 4 [O.S. February 20] 1904 - August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov, was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist - notably an early advocate and developer of Lemaître's Big Bang theory. Read more Gamow's Fireball--The Birth of the Big Bang [spoiler][video=http://ww...
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Sir John Flamsteed FRS (1646 - 1719)
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Sir John Flamsteed FRS (19 August 1646 - 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. He catalogued over 3000 stars. Read more
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Dale Gardner (1948 - 2014)
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Dale Allan Gardner (November 8, 1948 - February 19, 2014) was a NASA astronaut who flew two Space Shuttle missions during the early 1980s. Read more
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Ibn Battuta (1304-1368 or 1369)
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Ab 'Abd Allah Muammad ibn Baah, or simply Ibn Battuta, also known as Shams ad-Din (February 25, 1304-1368 or 1369), was a Muslim Moroccan explorer, known for his extensive travels published in the Rihla (literally, "The Journey"). Over a period of thirty years, he visited most of the kno...
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Heinrich Hertz (1857 - 1894)
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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (February 22, 1857 - January 1, 1894) was a German physicist who clarified and expanded the electromagnetic theory of light that had been put forth by Maxwell. He was the first to satisfactorily demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves by building an apparatus to p...
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