This series doesn't look as interesting as the other two, but I want them sorted out for perusal anyway. After all, how will I know where to plug them into our history outlines if I'm looking at names that I may be unfamiliar with? (A few of these "world's greatest scientists" I'd never heard of until I was hunting up the artist series and stumbled upon this series and the President one, written by the same author.)
1706-1790
Benjamin Franklin : electrified the world with new ideas
electricity; other inventions such as lightning rods and bifocals
1847-1922
Alexander Graham Bell : setting the tone for communication
telephone
1847-1931
Thomas Edison : inventor with a lot of bright ideas
light bulb, movies, phonograph, etc
1856-1931
Daniel Hale Williams : surgeon who opened hearts and minds
first heart surgery
1867-1934
Marie Curie : scientist who made glowing discoveries
radioactivity
1863-1947
Henry Ford : big wheel in the auto industry
mass production; automobiles
1867-1948
The Wright brothers : inventors whose ideas really took flight
airplane
1878-1968
Lise Meitner : had the right vision about nuclear fission
radioactivity
1879-1955
Albert Einstein : universal genius
theory of relativity
1904-1950
Charles Drew : doctor who got the world pumped up to donate blood
blood banks
1907-1964
Rachel Carson : clearing the way for environmental protection
marine biologist and environmentalist
1911-1988
Luis Alvarez : wild idea man
radar
1934--
Jane Goodall : researcher who champions chimps
studied primates; environmentalist
1942--
Stephen Hawking : cosmologist who gets a big bang out of the universe
black holes; theoretical physics
1950--
Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak : geek heroes who put the personal in computers
Apple computers
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A BIG THANK YOU!!!! for taking the time to figure these out and write them down. I've copied them and printed them and will put them in my appropriate History years binders so I'll know which books to look for when. :-)
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Entirely a selfish endeavor. Since I am always thankful to take advantage of someone else's hard work, it's good to be able to return the favor on occasion. ;-)
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