Best and Most Important Inventors
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1.
Leonardo da Vinci
da Vinci put us, as a civilzation, miles ahead of where we had been, through discovery and exploartion in so many areas.
117 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
2.
Johannes Gutenberg
Inventor of the printing press, Gutenberg was a part of bringing civilization out of the dark ages. Books were available to very few then, and his press made education more accesible, which changed everything from that time on.
89 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
3.
Sir Isaac Newton
68 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
4.
Konrad Zuse
Invented computer.
60 points - added 8 years ago by Armin -
5.
Thomas Edison
Think of how many things you do with a light switched on that you could not do at all or very effectively if the lightbul were not there. The portability and harnessing of light has changed our world.
59 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
6.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Invented X-rays.
58 points - added 8 years ago by Armin -
7.
Otto von Guericke
Invented vacuum pump.
53 points - added 8 years ago by Armin -
8.
Wernher von Braun
Invented modern rocketry.
51 points - added 8 years ago by Armin -
9.
Carl Benz
Invented automobile.
50 points - added 8 years ago by Armin -
10.
Benjamin Franklin
45 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby - 1 comment
Comments:
Benjamin Franklin "There never was a good war or a bad peace."
Added 12 years ago by redbarron80, 6 points
11.
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Opening up flight was pioneering and world-altering. The horizons were made so much more broad, allowing for exploration and discovery previously impossible.
42 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
12.
Galileo
42 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
13.
Alfred Nobel
34 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
14.
Alexander Graham Bell
31 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
15.
Karl Braun
The inventor of the cathode ray tube (the main part of your everyday television), Karl unknowningly completely changed society and how it operates.
20 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
16.
Robert Fulton
18 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
17.
Guglielmo Marconi
15 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
18.
Alessandro Volta
13 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
19.
Hans Geiger
12 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
20.
Bette Nesmith Graham
She inveted Liquid Paper, which was really revolutionary! Where would we be without White-Out???
7 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
21.
Eli Whitney
6 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
22.
Jacques Cousteau
6 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
23.
John Deere
6 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
24.
Mary Anderson
6 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
25.
Steve Wozniak
4 points - added 14 years ago by veggiebaby -
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