Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That men share in it is among the reasons that Man is the image of God. ~ Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630 Mathematician and Astronomer
All increasing or dominant species (and it is from these that new species arise) vary considerably in all their parts organs and faculties in every generation. ~ Alfred Russel Wallace 1823 to 1913 - Zoologist Evolutionary Biologist
Roxey Ann Caplin (1793–1888) UK – Corset.
Artem Mikoyan (1905–1970) Armenia/Russia – MiG-series fighter aircraft including world's most produced jet aircraft MiG-15 and most produced supersonic aircraft MiG-21 (together with Mikhail Gurevich).
Corradino D'Ascanio (1891–1981) Italy – D'AT3 helicopter; Vespa scooter.
Alexander Parkes (1831–1890) UK – celluloid.
Vera Mukhina (1889–1953) Russia – welded sculpture.
Arturo Caprotti (1881–1938) Italy – Caprotti valve gear.
George Antheil (1900–1959) together with Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000) USA Frequency-hopping spread spectrum.
Gustav de Laval (1845–1913) Sweden – invented the milk separator and the milking machine.
Valdemar Poulsen (1869–1942) Denmark – magnetic wire recorder arc converter.
Daniel Axelrod (inv. 1980) USA – Total internal reflection fluorescence microscope.
Walter Houser Brattain (1902–1987) USA – co-inventor of the transistor.
William Howard Livens (1889–1964) UK – chemical warfare – Livens Projector.
Annie Malone (1869–1957) USA – Cosmetics for African American women.
Norman Wilkinson (1878–1971) UK – Dazzle camouflage.
Matthew Piers Watt Boulton (1820–1894) UK – aileron.
Robert Goddard (1882–1945) USA – liquid fuel rocket.
Carl Friedrich Claus (c. 1883) Germany – Claus process (petrochemistry).
Laszlo Biro (1899–1985) Hungary – modern ballpoint pen.
Daniel David Palmer (1845–1913) Canada – chiropractic.
Anthony R. Barringer (1925–2009) Canada/USA – INPUT (Induced Pulse Transient) airborne electromagnetic system.
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Time is the best appraiser of scientific work and I am aware that an industrial discovery rarely produces all its fruit in the hands of its first inventor. ~ Louis Pasteur - 1822 to 1895
If physics and biology one day meet and one of the two is swallowed up that one will be biology. ~ J. B. S. Haldane 1892 to 1964 - Biologist
Trial by combat of wits in disputations has no attraction for the seeker after truth; to him the appeal to experiment is the last and only test of the merit of an opinion conjecture or hypotheses. ~ Joseph Mellor - 1869 to 1938
Experimental science hardly ever affords us more than approximations to the truth; and whenever many agents are concerned we are in great danger of being mistaken. ~ Humphry Davy - 1778 to 1829
The legend that every cipher is breakable is of course absurd though still widespread among people who should know better. ~ J.E. Littlewood 1885 – 1977 - Mathematician
Find the number such that if the whole of it is added to one-seventh of it the result will be nineteen. ~ The Ahmes Papyrus Ancient Egyptian mathematics problem from c. 2200 BC
Geometry inasmuch as it is concerned with real space is no longer considered a part of pure mathematics; like mechanics and physics it belongs among the applications of mathematics. ~ Hermann Weyl 1885 to 1955 - Mathematician and Theoretical Physicist
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- Designed for Runners: Ultra-slim, lightweight, and waterproof watch designed for runners. An extra-large display and one-button control make it the perfect runner's watch.
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