Ann Bancroft

Arctic Explorer 🔊 Listen Physical activity was where I made friends and how I could break through my shell and be who I was. It was what kept me alive and where I excelled, for I wasn’t excelling in the […]

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Albert Einstein

14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 Theoretical Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics (1921) 🔊 Listen Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general […]

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Archer J.P. Martin

1 March 1910 – 28 July 2002 Biochemist – Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1952) 🔊 Listen Archer John Porter Martin was a biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1952, for his work in developing partition chromatography, a […]

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John B. Goodenough

Born 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 🔊 Listen John Goodenough, known for his work in improving the design of the lithium ion battery, was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2013, and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019. […]

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Wallace Broecker

1931-2019 Geophysicist – Climate Scientist 🔊 Listen Wallace Brocker popularized the term “global warming” and also coined the term  “the global conveyor” for the ocean currents that circulate warm water around the globe. He was dyslexic and said he never […]

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