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Emmett Chappelle (1925-2019): Biochemist and NASA Scientist Who Revolutionized Life Detection
Emmett William Chappelle was born on October 24, 1925, in Phoenix, Arizona. He grew up on a small farm where…
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Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924-2023): A Trailblazer in Mathematics and Space Science
Evelyn Boyd Granville was born on May 1, 1924, in Washington, D.C. Raised during the Great Depression, she grew up…
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Mark Dean: Innovator Behind the Personal Computer Revolution
Mark E. Dean was born on March 2, 1957, in Jefferson City, Tennessee. From a young age, Dean showed an…
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Charles Henry Turner (1867-1923): Pioneering African American Zoologist and Animal Behaviorist
Charles Henry Turner was born on February 3, 1867, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the son of Thomas Turner, a…
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Peter Ngene, Nigerian specialist in nanomaterials in the Netherlands
At 39, Nigerian Peter Ngene is hoping for a renewal of his contract at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands), which…
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Aminata Garba, from telecommunications to the Internet of Things
After studying in Niamey (Niger), she studied in Canada, at Laval University, and obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer…
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Saliou Touré, the African mathematician
Saliou Toure (June 4, 1937 in the sub-prefecture of Kolia, department of Boundiali in northern Ivory Coast ) is an…
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Philip Emeagwali, the nigerian genius
Philip Emeagwali is a Nigerian engineer, mathematician and computer scientist. He won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, a recognition of…
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George Washington Carver, the agricultural scientist
George Washington Carver was an American botanist, agronomist, and inventor, born on January 1, 1864 near Diamond Grove, Missouri and…
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Alice Ball, the first woman to graduate from the University of Hawaii
Alice Augusta Ball (born July 24, 1892 – died December 31, 1916) is an American chemist. She is best known…
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