Greatest Men in History
edited by David Barth January 12, 2007
- Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) Scientist, Inventor of Alternating Current, Tesla Coil
- Charles P. Steinmetz (1865-1923) Developer of Electrical Theories
- Philo T. Farnsworth (1906-1971) Inventor of Television
- Edwin H. Armstrong (1890-1954) Inventor of Frequency Modulation
- Leo Szilard (1898-1964) Inventor of the Atomic Bomb
- William Shockley (1910-1989) Inventor of the Transistor
- Alan Turing (1912-1954) Inventor of the Computer
- Gordon Gould (1920-2005) Inventor of the Laser
- Tim Berners-Lee (1955-) Developer of the World Wide Web
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Developed the Theory of Relativity and Piezoelectric
Effect (Received Nobel Prize for Piezoelectric Effect)
- David Sarnoff (1891-1971) President of RCA 1930-1948
- Michael Faraday (1791-1867) Discoverer of Electromagnetic Induction
- John Von Neumann (1903-1957) Designer of High-Speed Computers
- Seymour Cray (1925-1996) Designer of Super Computers, Founder of Cray Research
- Lee De forest (1873-1961) Inventor of the Vacuum Tube
- John L. Baird (1888-1946) Inventor of Picture Transmission
- Vladimir K. Zworykin (1889-1982) Inventor of the Modern TV Camera and Picture Tube
- Leo Baekeland (1863-1944) Inventor of Plastics
- Michael I. Pupin (1858-1935) Inventor of Long Distance Telephone Systems
- George Westinghouse (1846-1914) Industrialist and Inventor of Air Brakes