Key Inventions and Discoveries with Their Pioneers

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Vocabulary flashcards pairing each invention or scientific concept with the individual credited for its discovery or creation.

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Refrigerator

Invented by Jacob Perkins.

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Penicillin

Discovered by Alexander Fleming.

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Vaccines

Pioneered by Edward Jenner.

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MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

Developed by Raymond Damadian.

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Microscope

Invented by Zacharias Janssen and Hans Janssen

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Telescope

Invented by Hans Lippershey.

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Mobile Phone

Invented by Martin Cooper.

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Printing Press

Invented by Johannes Gutenberg.

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Laser

Developed by Theodore Maiman.

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Atomic Bomb

Led by Robert Oppenheimer.

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Artificial Heart

Developed by Robert Jarvik.

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Virtual Reality

Conceptualized by Ivan Sutherland.

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Radar

Developed by Robert Watson-Watt.

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Microwave Oven

Invented by Percy Spencer.

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Automobile

Invented by Karl Benz.

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Proton

Discovered by Ernest Rutherford.

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Neutron

Discovered by James Chadwick.

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Electron

Discovered by J. J. Thomson.

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Gravitation

Formulated by Sir Isaac Newton.

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Atom (Modern Atomic Theory)

Proposed by John Dalton.