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Inventors in Science & Medicine

62 people, across 6 fields.

Leo Szilard 1898–1964Science & MathematicsConceived the nuclear chain reaction, started the American bomb program, then petitioned against using itMichael DeBakey 1908–2008Medicine & Public HealthCardiovascular surgeon who invented the roller pump and the Dacron arterial graftJohn Bardeen 1908–1991Science & MathematicsOnly person to win two Nobel Prizes in Physics, for the transistor and superconductivity theory.VTVivien Thomas 1910–1985Medicine & Public HealthDevised the blue-baby heart operation without a medical degree, and went unnamed on the paper.Ernest Lawrence 1901–1958Science & MathematicsInvented the cyclotron and built the Berkeley model of large-scale team physics.Charles Townes 1915–2015Science & MathematicsPhysicist who invented the maser and co-invented the laser, earning a Nobel Prize.Percy Lavon Julian 1899–1975Science & MathematicsPioneered synthesis of cortisone and other steroids from plant sterols.Stephanie Kwolek 1923–2014Science & MathematicsInvented Kevlar aramid fiber while working as a DuPont research chemist.Wallace Carothers 1896–1937Science & MathematicsLed the DuPont research that produced neoprene and nylon and established polymer science.