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Archimedes facts

archimedes-of-syracuse-was-a-greek-mathematician-physicist-engineer-inventor-and-astronomer
archimedes-was-able-to-use-infinitesimals-in-a-way-that-is-similar-to-modern-integral-calculus
archimedes-died-during-the-conquest-of-syracuse-in-212-bc-when-he-was-killed-by-a-roman-soldier
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Aristarchus of Samos facts

aristarchus-of-samos-was-an-ancient-greek-astronomer-and-mathematician
aristarchus-of-samos-astronomical-ideas-were-often-rejected-in-favor-of-the-geocentric-theories-of-aristotle-and-ptolemy-which-are-now-known-to-be-incorrect-nicolaus-copernicus-had-attributed-the-heliocentric-theory-to-aristarchus
aristarchus-of-samos-is-known-to-have-also-studied-light-and-vision
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Arnold Orville Beckman facts

arnold-orville-beckman-was-an-american-chemist-inventor-investor-and-philanthropist
when-he-was-nine-arnold-orville-beckman-found-an-old-chemistry-textbook-joel-dorman-steeles-fourteen-weeks-in-chemistry-and-began-trying-out-the-experiments
arnold-orville-beckman-found-a-job-with-western-electrics-engineering-department-the-precursor-to-the-bell-telephone-laboratories
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Arnold Sommerfeld facts

arnold-johannes-wilhelm-sommerfeld-was-a-german-theoretical-physicist-who-pioneered-developments-in-atomic-and-quantum-physics
arnold-sommerfeld-passed-the-national-exam-in-1892-and-then-began-a-year-of-military-service
in-1918-arnold-sommerfeld-succeeded-einstein-as-chair-of-the-deutsche-physikalische-gesellschaft-dpg-one-of-his-accomplishments-was-the-founding-of-a-new-journal
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Arthur Compton facts

arthur-holly-compton-was-an-american-physicist
during-world-war-ii-compton-was-a-key-figure-in-the-manhattan-project-that-developed-the-first-nuclear-weapons-his-reports-were-important-in-launching-the-project
arthur-compton-began-working-for-a-phd-in-physics-at-princeton-in-1914-graduating-in-1916
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Arthur Eddington facts

sir-arthur-stanley-eddington-was-an-english-astronomer-physicist-and-mathematician
arthur-eddington-wrote-a-number-of-articles-that-announced-and-explained-einsteins-theory-of-general-relativity-to-the-english-speaking-world
based-on-his-performance-at-owens-college-arthur-eddington-was-awarded-a-scholarship-to-trinity-college-at-the-university-of-cambridge-in-1902
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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen facts

artturi-ilmari-virtanen-was-a-finnish-chemist-and-recipient-of-the-1945-nobel-prize-in-chemistry
artturi-ilmari-virtanen-began-his-studies-in-chemistry-1913-earning-his-master-and-in-1918-his-phd-in-organic-chemistry
in-1930-the-institute-for-biochemistry-was-founded-and-artturi-ilmari-virtanen-stayed-there-until-his-death-in-1973
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B. F. Skinner facts

burrhus-frederic-skinner-commonly-known-as-b-f-skinner-was-an-american-psychologist-behaviorist-author-inventor-and-social-philosopher
b-f-skinner-developed-a-philosophy-of-science-that-he-called-radical-behaviorism-and-founded-a-school-of-experimental-research-psychologythe-experimental-analysis-of-behavior
b-f-skinner-is-popularly-known-mainly-for-his-books-walden-two-and-beyond-freedom-and-dignity
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Barbara McClintock facts

barbara-mcclintock-was-an-american-scientist-and-cytogeneticist-who-was-awarded-the-1983-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine
during-the-1940s-and-1950s-barbara-mcclintock-discovered-transposition-and-used-it-to-demonstrate-that-genes-are-responsible-for-turning-physical-characteristics-on-and-off
barbara-mcclintock-officially-retired-from-her-position-at-the-carnegie-institution-in-1967-and-was-made-a-distinguished-service-member-of-the-carnegie-institution-of-washington
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Beatrix Potter facts

helen-beatrix-potter-was-an-english-writer-illustrator-natural-scientist-and-conservationist-best-known-for-her-childrens-books-featuring-animals
in-1913-at-the-age-of-47-beatrix-potter-married-william-heelis-a-respected-local-solicitor-from-hawkshead
beatrix-potters-books-continue-to-sell-throughout-the-world-in-many-languages-with-her-stories-being-retold-in-song-film-ballet-and-animation-and-her-life-depicted-in-a-feature-film-and-television-film
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Benjamin Cabrera facts

benjamin-d-cabrera-is-a-filipino-physician-who-has-done-research-on-medical-parasitology-and-public-health
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Benjamin Thompson facts

sir-benjamin-thompson-count-rumford-was-an-american-born-british-physicist-and-inventor
in-1784-benjamin-thompson-received-a-knighthood-from-king-george-iii
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Bernardo Houssay facts

bernardo-alberto-houssay-was-an-argentine-physiologist
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Bill Nye facts

william-sanford-bill-nye-popularly-known-as-bill-nye-the-science-guy-is-an-american-science-educator-television-presenter-and-mechanical-engineer
bill-nye-studied-mechanical-engineering-at-cornell-university-where-he-took-an-astronomy-class-taught-by-carl-sagan-and-graduated-with-a-bs-in-mechanical-engineering-in-1977
bill-nye-has-also-written-several-books-as-the-science-guy-in-addition-to-hosting-he-was-a-writer-and-producer-for-the-show-all-of-it-was-filmed-in-the-seattle-area
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Blaise Pascal facts

blaise-pascal-was-a-french-mathematician-physicist-inventor-writer-and-christian-philosopher
in-1642-while-still-a-teenager-blaise-pascal-started-some-pioneering-work-on-calculating-machines
in-1646-blaise-pascal-and-his-sister-jacqueline-identified-with-the-religious-movement-within-catholicism-known-by-its-detractors-as-jansenism
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