Notable Scientists 1-12

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Who invented a radio distance and direction indicator and helped develop the hydrogen bubble chamber?

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Luis Walter Alvarez

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Who was the first African American to earn a PhD in meteorology?

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Charles Anderson

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What did Patricia Bath invent for cataract surgery?

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Laserphaco

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Who is most well known for inventing the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Who was the first woman in America to receive a medical degree?

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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What theory did Tycho Brahe propose?

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A theory of the solar system combining elements of the Earth-centred Ptolemaic system and the Sun-centred Copernican system.

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What is Robert Bunsen primarily remembered for inventing?

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The Bunsen burner

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What book did Rachel Carson write that became influential in the modern environmental movement?

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Silent Spring

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Who was the first person of Spanish origin to win a scientific Nobel Prize?

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal

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What did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar formulate theories about?

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The development of stars and the formation of white dwarfs.