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Theodore von Karman
Aerodynamic Structure for Planes and Wings
Theodore von Karman greatly influenced the development of high speed aircraft by applying his theory of the Vortex Trail, the first theory of…
Louis W. Parker
Television Receiver
Louis W. Parker invented the intercarrier sound system for television sets, the modern basis for coordinating sound and picture. Born in Budapest,…
Laszlo Josef Biro
Ballpoint Pen
Laszlo Biro invented the modern ballpoint pen.
A native of Budapest, Hungary, Biro was working as a journalist when he noticed a fundamental…
Peter C. Goldmark
Long-Playing (LP) Record
Peter Goldmark invented the long-playing (LP) record that dominated the recorded music industry for forty years. As an engineer for CBS Laboratories…
Leo Szilard
Nuclear Fission
Leo Szilard, working with Enrico Fermi, was awarded a patent for the nuclear fission reactor in 1955. He made significant contributions to the fields…
Maria Telkes
Solar Thermal Storage Systems
Maria Telkes was a highly respected innovator in solar energy. Throughout her career, she published widely on the topics of solar heating,…
Dennis Gabor
Electron Holography
Dennis Gabor is known for his research in electron optics which led to the invention of holography in 1947.
Gabor believed that holograms needed to…
Katalin Karikó
Modified mRNA Technology Used in COVID-19 Vaccines
Biochemist Katalin Karikó and immunologist Drew Weissman discovered how to enable messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) to enter cells without triggering…