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Maria Mitchell (1818 - 1889)
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Maria Mitchell (August 1, 1818 - June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer, who in 1847, by using a telescope, discovered a comet which as a result became known as the "Miss Mitchell's Comet". Read more
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Richard Oswalt Covey
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Richard Oswalt Covey (born August 1, 1946) is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut. Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, Covey became an astronaut in August 1979. A veteran of four space flights, STS-51-I in 1985, STS-26 in 1988, STS-38 in 1990, and STS-61...
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John Canton (1718 - 1772)
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John Canton FRS (31 July 1718 - 22 March 1772) was an English physicist. In 1750 he read a paper before the Royal Society on a method of making artificial magnets, which procured him election as a fellow of the society and the award of the Copley Medal. He was the first in England to verify Benjamin Frankl...
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Dr Penny King
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Canberra scientist on Mars mission Dr Penny King from the Australian National University will be at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California sending commands and receiving data from the Mars Curiosity rover. Ms King says the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station on the outskirts of Canberra will...
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Felix Andries Vening Mienesz (1887 - 1966)
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Felix Andries Vening Mienesz (The Hague July 30, 1887 - Amersfoort August 10, 1966) was a Dutch geophysicist and geodesist. He is known for his invention of a precise method for measuring gravity. Thanks to his invention, it became possible to measure gravity at sea, which led him to the discovery of...
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Giovanna Bonanno (c. 1713 - 30 July 1789)
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Giovanna Bonanno (c. 1713 - 30 July 1789) was an alleged Italian witch and professional poisoner. Read more
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Eduard Brückner (1862-1927)
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Eduard Brückner (July 29, 1862-May 20, 1927) was an Austrian geographer, meteorologist, glaciologist and climate scientist. Read more
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Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888 - 1982)
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Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (July 29 [O.S. July 17] 1888 - July 29, 1982) was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes. He played a role in the practical development of...
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Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898 - 1988)
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Isidor Isaac Rabi (29 July 1898 - 11 January 1988) was a Galician-born American physicist and Nobel laureate recognised in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance. Read more
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Charles Hard Townes
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Charles Hard Townes (born July 28, 1915) is an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist and educator. Townes is known for his work on the theory and application of the maser, on which he got the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics connected with both maser and laser devices. He s...
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Jeremiah Dixon (1733 - 1779)
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Jeremiah Dixon (July 27, 1733 - January 22, 1779) was an English surveyor and astronomer who is perhaps best known for his work with Charles Mason, from 1763 to 1767, in determining what was later called the Mason-Dixon line. Read more
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Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
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Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (born Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha on July 27, 1972) is a Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and was the first Malaysian to go into space. He was launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on October 10, 20...
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 - 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. At 91 he joined the Interplanetary Society for the last three years of his life. Read more
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Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
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Carl Gustav Jung (26 July 1875 - 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of the extraverted and the introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. His work has been influential in p...
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Rosalind Franklin (1920 - 1958)
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Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 - 16 April 1958) was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and graphite. The DNA work achieved the most fame because DNA (deoxyribon...
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