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Pirates: Fact and Fiction http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~mchorost/cyberspace/paper3/wiley/
Did you know the Jolly Roger meant more than danger? Get facts on pirates including types of ships, weapons, famous pirate bios, and more.
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Super Scientists: A Gallery of Energy Pioneers http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/scientists/index.html#return
Learn about a lot of super scientists including, Lord Kelvin, Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday, and more.
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Tuskegee Airmen http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/prewwii/ta.htm
Tuskegee Airmen information from the USAF Museum Pre-World War II History Gallery.
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Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company http://www.wright-brothers.org/
An online museum of the Wright brothers, including a biography of Wilbur and Orville Wright, the history of the invention of the airplane and early aviation, descriptions of aviation museums and monum...
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Zoom Inventors and Inventions http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/
Look up brief facts about inventors and inventions in the alphabetical index.
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Biographical Dictionary http://s9.com/biography/
The Biographical Dictionary contains information on 19,000 notable people from ancient times to the present day. The Dictionary is searchable by names, keywords, and dates.
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People and Discoveries: Francis Crick http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bocric.html
Read about his career and creation of the double helix model of DNA.
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Bessie Coleman http://www.firstflight.org/shrine/bessie_colman.html
A biography of the first African-American Woman pilot in the world.
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Amelia Earhart http://www.ionet.net/~jellenc/ae_intro.html
A biography of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Charles Lindbergh http://www.firstflight.org/shrine/charles_lindbergh.html
A profile of the man who made the first nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris.
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Christopher Columbus: A Culinary History http://www.castellobanfi.com/features/story_3.html
Find out what Columbus and his crew had to eat on their various voyages.
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Columbus Navigation Site http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/
This award-winning website explores the history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus.
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Sir Francis Drake http://www.mcn.org/2/oseeler/drake.htm
Learn about this British explorer who sailed around the world.
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James Cook http://www.mariner.org/age/cook.html
Read a profile on this explorer from the Mariners' Museum.
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Edmund Fitzgerald http://www.oakland.edu/boatnerd/mhsd/publications/glswr/efitz.htm
A description of the ship and its tragic sinking on Lake Superior. From the Marine Historical Society of Detroit.
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African American Women As Inventors http://www.blackhistory.net/bh.nsf/6ddabbd2938c7d88882566d8002b46d9/62ede83206f71883882566dc00659871
Learn about some of the amazing inventions these African American women created.
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Archimedes http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4116/History/archimedes.htm
Biography from Online Math Applications.
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John Logie Baird, TV Inventor http://www.iee.org.uk/SEC/spin/jlb/index.html
A report on the inventor of mechanical television.
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Alexander Graham Bell http://www.att.com/technology/forstudents/brainspin/alexbell/
This fun site from AT&T Labs tells you all about this inventor, from his early days teaching the deaf to creating the invention that changed human communication, the telephone.
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Louis Braille http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/fctsheet/braille.htm
A brief overview of his life and the invention of Braille.
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People and Discoveries: Wallace Carothers http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btcaro.html
A brief biography on Carothers, the inventor of nylon. Includes a fun activity.
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Stamp on Black History: George Washington Carver http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Carver.htm
Learn about this man best known for his knowledge of chemistry and studying the over 300 uses of the peanut, sweet potato, soybean, and clay.
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Peter Cooper: Inventor of Jello http://www.cooper.edu/engineering/chemechem/gelatin/gel.html
Read about his invention of the popular gelatin dessert known as Jell-O. He also built the first American locomotive.
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Louis Daguerre http://bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/brhs/EagleArt/morency.html
Read a school report on this inventor in the field of photography.
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People and Discoveries: Lee de Forest http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btfore.html
Learn about the self-proclaimed "Father of Radio" and his tumultuous life at this PBS site. Includes two fun activities.
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Doubleday, Abner http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/ARTICLES/0050/00558336_A.html
A brief article about the inventor of the American game of baseball.
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The Wizard of Photography http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eastman/
The story of George Eastman and how he transformed photography. Includes activities and more.
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Edison's Miracle of Light http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/
Explains how Thomas Edison harnessed electricity and revolutionized the world.
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The Farnsworth Chronicles http://www.songs.com/philo/
Learn about Philo T. Farnsworth, the man who invented electronic video, revolutionizing television when he was 14 years old.
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The Electric Franklin http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/
A detailed guide to Ben Franklin and his life. Includes games, a timeline, and his biography and quotes.
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Robert H. Goddard: American Rocket Pioneer http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/service/gallery/fact_sheets/general/goddard/goddard.htm
Learn all about the man who invented the first rocket.
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Goldberg, Rube http://www.rubegoldberg.com/
Read all about this famous Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who drew pictures of complicated inventions to solve simple problems. You can also learn how to enter Rube Goldberg Machine Contests.
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Graham, Bette Nesmith http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsA-H/nesmith.html
A biograpy about the woman who invented Liquid Paper.
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Elisha Gray & http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/telegraph/
Learn about the invention of one of history's first electronic instruments.
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Elias Howe http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/ARTICLES/0075/00890368_A.html
Read about the man who invented the sewing machine, from Compton's Encyclopedia.
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African http://www.triadntr.net/~rdavis/woods.htm
American: Granville T. Woods - A short description of the life and some of the inventions of this inventor who earned over 35 patents.
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Eli Whitney http://www.invent.org/book/book-text/108.html
A brief description of this man and his invention of the cotton gin.
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James Watt (1736 http://level2.phys.strath.ac.uk/ScienceOnStreets/jameswatt.html
1819) - An article about the man who perfected the steam engine.
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Super Scientists: A Gallery of Energy Pioneers http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/scientists/index.html#return
Learn about a lot of super scientists including, Lord Kelvin, Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday, and more.
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Edison Kids: Energy Heroes: Nikola Tesla http://www.edisonkids.com/heroexb/nikola.htm
Learn about this energy hero and the work he did with alternating and direct current, or AC/DC.
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People and Discoveries: Guglielmo Marconi http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btmarc.html
The man who experimented with radio transmissions over the Atlantic.
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Cyrus Hall McCormick http://www.invent.org/book/book-text/73.html
A short biography from the Inventure Place.
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Garrett A. Morgan http://www.dot.gov/edu/aboutmorgan.html
Biography and quiz about this businessman and inventor from the Department of Transportation.
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Norbert Rillieux Profile http://www.aabhs.org/rillieux.html
Read a biography of this engineer who revolutionized the sugar industry by making a major improvement in the vacuum pan process of manufacturing sugar.
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People and Discoveries: William Shockley http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btshoc.html
One of his major contributions to the electronics industry was to apply quantum theory to the development of semiconductors.
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Historia: Women Scientists http://www.liquidleaf.com/historia/historia.html
Contains a lot of images and information about women scientists throughout history.
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Greatest Inventors and Inventions http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5847/
This ThinkQuest site profiles twelve great inventors and their inventions.
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Inventors Online Museum http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/museum_map.htm
Meet a featured inventor or learn about specific groups like African-American, colonial, and women inventors. You can also check out inventions by subjects such as space travel or transportation.
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Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing: History of Typing http://www.mavisbeacon.com/history.html
Learn about the invention of the typewriter, which radically changed the way we communicate forever, and see historic photos.
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Mach 1.0 & Beyond: Chuck Yeager http://www.capstonestudio.com/supersonic/
Learn the history behind the quest to break the sound barrier. Also, read about Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier.
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People in Science http://msgc.engin.umich.edu/cgi-bin/tour_map.cgi/level.button.map(link=/people/people.html&sw=false&
Information about ancient and modern philosophers, astronomers, and scientists.
