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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Wallace Carothers
This site from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology contains information on Wallace Hume Carothers and his invention of nylon.
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Willard Libby Carbon Dating
Use this site to learn about radiocarbon dating and the scientist who discovered it, Willard Libby (1908-1980 CE).
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Charles Kettering
This famous Ohioan had many great accomplishments including founding DELCO, the company who "brought the automobile into the Age of Electricity."
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: George Westinghouse
This brief article on the life and contributions of George Westinghouse (1846-1914) includes a picture. Read about his air brake as well as his development of the alternating current system.
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Mit: Invention of the Week: Lee De Forest
This website provides information on the life and inventions of Lee DeForest, the man who invented the audion tube, which made commercial radio broadcasting practical.
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Mit: Invention of the Week: Forrest Bird: Medical Respirator
Learn about the inventor of "the first reliable low-cost, mass-produced medical respirator," Forrest Bird. This article overviews his education and career, the development of the respirator, and the effects the respirator has had on the...
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Wilson Greatbatch
Cardiac pacemaker inventor, Wilson Greatbatch, is featured in this brief biography.
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Mit: Invention of the Week: Patricia Bath: Laserphaco Probe
Learn about Dr. Patricia Bath, an opthalmologic surgeon, credited with the invention of the Laserphaco Probe, a surgical device used in the removal of cataracts. Learn about Bath's early education, her studies of the blindness rates at...
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Chester Carlson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides interesting information on Chester F. Carlson, the inventor of the photocopier. The site provides good background on the history of the photocopier, and a photo of Carlson.
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Vinton Cerf
Use this site to learn about Vinton Cerf, the inventor who co-designed and developed "the protocols and structure of what became the Internet."
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Lloyd Conover
Use this site to learn about Lloyd Conover, the inventor of tetracycline, an antibiotic which is used to treat bacterial infections, such as Lyme Disease.
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Mit: Invention of the Week: Raymond Damadian: Medical Resonance Scanning Machine
Read about the education and career of Raymond V. Damadian, inventor of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and learn how the MRI has impacted the field of medicine.
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Douglas Engelbart & the Mouse
This article on Douglas C. Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse, credits the inventor for helping create the "interactive, use-friendly" computer interfaces that we have today.
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: R. Buckminster Fuller
Read about the transcendentalist and inventor, R. Buckminster Fuller, who created the geodesic dome.
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: The Antifungal Drug Nystatin
This site from the MIT Invention Dimension provides information regarding the long-distance collaboration of Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller which resulted in the development of the first anti-fungal antibiotic.
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Mit: Invention of the Week: Robert Jarvik: Artificial Heart
Read about Robert Koffler Jarvik, the "inventor of the first permanently-implantable artificial heart." This article provides a biography of the inventor, the reasons why he became interested in creating an artificial heart, and his...
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Robert Moog
Robert Moog fused his love music and electronics when he invented the synthesizer. This website includes background information on the creation of the synthesizer and provides several links.
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Edwin Perkins
Read about the history of the popular drink, Kool-Aid, and its inventor, Edwin Perkins.
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Anna Keichline
At this site from Massachusetts Institute of Technology you can read about inventors, Anna Keichline and Lillian Gilbreth, who sought to make women's lives easier through their household items.
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Mit: Internet Classics Archive: On Sleep and Sleeplessness
Full text of Aristotle's "On Sleep and Sleeplessness"; translated by J. I. Beare. One of the works known collectively as "Parva Naturalia."
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Mit: Australia's Climate
A brief description of Australia's climate, and the differences between northern and southern Australia during summer and winter.
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Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare site that includes the texts of all of Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare's other work is listed, but texts are not available. RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Introduction to Numerical Analysis for Engineering
College-level electrical engineering course highlighting numerical analysis for engineers. This course introduces students to the formulation, methodology, and techniques for numerical solution of engineering problems. Course features...
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Mit: Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Publications
An extensive collection of essays from the Massachussets Institute of Technology on advanced topics in the field of artificial intelligence.