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Alan Tower Waterman
Alan Tower Waterman (June 4, 1892 – November 30, 1967) was an United States physicist. Born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, he grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts. His father was a professor of physics at Smith College. Alan also became a physicist, doing his undergraduate and doctoral work at Princeton University, from which he obtained his Ph.D. in 1916.[1] He joined the faculty of the
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Edgeworth David
Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David KBE CMG DSO FRS (28 January 1858 – 28 August 1934) was a Welsh Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer. A household name in his lifetime, David's most significant achievements were discovering the major Hunter Valley coalfield in New South Wales and leading the first expedition to reach the South Magnetic Pole. He also served with distinction in World W
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Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1St Baronet
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, PRS (9 June 1783 – 21 October 1862) was an English physiologist and surgeon who pioneered research into bone and joint disease. Coat of arms of Sir Benjamin Brodie. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=2048995 Brodie was born in Winterslow, Wiltshire. He received his early education from his father, the Rev Peter Bellinger Brodie;
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Bruce Westerman
Bruce Eugene Westerman (born November 18, 1967) is a Republican U.S. Representative for Arkansas' 4th congressional district. Previously, he served as the Majority Leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives. In 2014, Westerman ran successfully for the U.S. House to succeed Tom Cotton, who had unseated Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor. Westerman was reared in and still resides in Hot S
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Mark Trueblood
Mark Trueblood is an United States engineer and astronomer. He is noted for early pioneering work in the development of robotic telescopes, especially as the author of several articles and two books on the subject, including Microcomputer Control of Telescopes and Telescope Control, both of which were written with co-author Russell M. Genet, and for his work on the Gemini Observatory. He is also
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Alexei Yuryevich Smirnov
Alexei Yuryevich Smirnov (Russian: Алексе́й Ю́рьевич Cмирно́в; born October 16, 1951) is a neutrino physics researcher and one of the discoverers of the MSW Effect. Alexei Smirnov graduated from MSU Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University in 1974. In 1977, he began to work at the Institute for Nuclear Research (INR) of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, where he
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Bruno Augenstein
Bruno Wilhelm Augenstein (March 16, 1923 – July 6, 2005) was a Germany -born mathematician and physicist who made important contributions in space technology, ballistic missile research, satellites, antimatter, and many other areas. Augenstein worked in the Aerophysics Laboratory at North American Aviation on diverse projects including weaponization of the V-2 rocket, a ramjet-powered vehic
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Olzhas Zhandosov
Olzhas Zhandosov (born June 30, 1976) - kazakh oncologist, doctor of medical sciences, academician of the IAIT (International Academy of Informatization), the author of unique patented methods of complex approach in the treatment of gastrointestinal tract cancer. Last few years one of the most quoted in medicine, oncology and ecology. Pupil of Prof. Abraham Kuten and Prof. Galina Kausova. Olz
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Claud Lovelace
Claud Lovelace (16 January 1934 – 7 September 2012) was a theoretical physicist noted for his contributions to string theory, specifically, the idea that strings did not have to be restricted to the four dimensions of spacetime. A study in 2009 ranked him as the 14th most influential physicist in the world for the period 1967–1973.[1] Claud William Venton Lovelace was born in London, Eng
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Billy Guin
Billy James Guin, Sr. (born November 14, 1927),[1] is a retired businessman and engineer from Shreveport, Louisiana, who was from 1977 to 1978 his city's last public utilities commissioner under the former commission system of municipal government.[2] Since 1961, Guin has been involved in the development of the Louisiana Republican Party to majority status in his state. In 1964, he and two other
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