PBS
Pbs: Tesla, Master of Lighting
Inventor Nikola Tesla is the subject of this extensive PBS site. In addition to information on Tesla's life and work, the site offers insight into the ways in which society and invention affect each other.
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World Wide Web Consortium: Tim Berners Lee Answers
Doing a report? Want to figure out how the web works? Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor and creator of the World Wide Web, offers answers to some frequently asked questions about himself and his invention.
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James Hargreaves
The life and work of James Hargreaves, the inventor of the spinning jenny that revolutionized the English textile industry and brought on the Industrial Revolution.
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Green Living Answers: History of Hybrid Vehicles
What do you know about the invention and the history of hybrid cars? Here's a look at its beginnings in the early 1900's, modifications made over time, various kinds of hybrids, and finally, the events that lead to the present growth and...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
An in-depth biography of inventor Nikola Tesla. Discusses his many inventions, his troubles with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and information on his multitude of patents.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Thomas Edison National Historical Park: Edison Biography
Here is a very detailed biography of Thomas Edison ranging from his boyhood and his work as a telegrapher, moving on to his invention of the phonograph and incandescent light bulb, and finally, a description of his laboratories where he...
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Images Si Inc: Geiger Counter
An image of a Geiger Counter and definitions of the types of rays a counter can detect, alpha, beta and gamma. Includes inventor and date of invention. Continue on "Next," page for even more info.
Microscopy UK
Microscopy Uk: Robert Hooke: Father of Modern Science and an Unsung Hero
An excellent biography, including all major periods of Robert Hooke's life, works, inventions, career, and even his battle with Newton.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Libraries: Industrial Drawings
Smithsonian site enlightens users in the field of Industrial Engineering by inviting them to view samples of industrial drawings. Some are working drawings, others are more finished and still, others are printed. They visually document...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Anna Wagner Keichline
A biographical look at the life of Anna Wagner Keichline - architect, inventor, suffragist, and World War I Special Agent.
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Leonardo Da Vinci the Complete Works
View over 100 of Leonardo's paintings, drawings, and inventions. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite...
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Thomas Fogarty: Emolectomy Catheter
Learn about Thomas Fogarty, inventor of the embolectomy catheter, a "device [that] allows a thin balloon to be inserted into a patient's artery and guided through an occlusion." Read about the invention's impact and the inventor's career.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Wilson Greatbatch: Medical Cardiac Pacemaker
Learn about the inventor of the medical cardiac pacemaker, Wilson Greatbatch. This site provides a brief bio on Greatbatch, information on the invention's impact, and a portrait of the inventor.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Harold Stephen Black
This site honors Harold Stephen Black for his inventions of the wave translation system and the negative feedback amplifier. Content includes a brief biography of the inventor as well as a look at how his inventions have impacted society.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Virginia Apgar
At this site from MIT Invention Dimension you can read about Virginia Apgar and her accomplishments as "One of Columbia University's first female M.D.s," as a researcher of childbirth, and as the inventor of the "Newborn Scoring System."
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Willem J. Kolff
Read a brief bio on Willem J. Kolff, inventor of the artificial kidney dialysis machine, and learn the extent to which this invention is being used in the U.S.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: John Gibbon: Heart Lung Machine
This site provides a very brief bio on Dr. John Gibbon, inventor of the heart-lung machine that he used to "complete the first open-heart operation." Learn about the invention's impact on the medical world.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Robert Ledley: Diagnostic X Ray System/cat Scan
Read about the inventor of the CAT Scan, Robert S. Ledley. This site includes a brief bio and information on the invention's impact on the medical world and patients.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: James J. Wynne: Far Ultraviolet Procedures
Read about James J. Wynne, co-inventor of the laser technique used in LASIK eye surgery. This page includes a bio, an overview of the invention's impact on the medical world, and a portrait of Wynne.
Science Struck
Science Struck: List of Famous Discoverers
Provides a long list of famous scientists and their significant discoveries and inventions.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Langer: Mplantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Read about Alois A. Langer, a member of "the medical team that invented the first automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator." Also, learn how this invention impacts the medical world.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: George Washington Carver
This National Inventors Hall of Fame site provides a brief biography of the agricultural chemist, George Washington Carver.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Lloyd H. Conover Tetracycline
Read a brief bio on the inventor of the broad spectrum antibiotic, tetracycline.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Frederick Banting: Isolated, Purified Insulin
Read about Frederick Banting and the work he did to help diabetics maintain their insulin levels. This site includes biographical informatin and links to pages on inventors Charles Best and James Collip.
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