Notable inventors paired with their invention and its historical impact, one inventor per card.
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- Who invented the incandescent light bulb?
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Thomas Edison; made electric lighting affordable and practical- Who invented the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell; enabled rapid long-distance communication- Who developed the alternating current power system?
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Nikola Tesla; enabled efficient electrical power distribution over long distances- Who invented wireless radio transmission?
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Guglielmo Marconi; enabled long-distance wireless communication and radio broadcasting- Who built the first practical airplane?
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Orville and Wilbur Wright (1903); launched the age of aviation and air travel- Who invented the movable type printing press?
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Johannes Gutenberg; made books affordable and spread knowledge widely- Who greatly improved the steam engine's efficiency?
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James Watt; made steam power practical for factories and revolutionized industry- Who invented the telegraph and Morse code?
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Samuel Morse; enabled rapid electrical communication across distances- Who invented the lightning rod?
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Benjamin Franklin; protected buildings and people from lightning damage- Who invented the cotton gin?
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Eli Whitney; greatly increased cotton production and transformed agriculture- Who developed the practical steam locomotive?
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George Stephenson; made railway transportation viable and sparked the railway revolution- Who developed pasteurization and proved germ theory?
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Louis Pasteur; made food and milk safer and revolutionized medicine and public health- Who discovered radium and polonium?
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Marie Curie; advanced radioactivity research and opened new frontiers in physics- Who developed hundreds of products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?
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George Washington Carver; revolutionized Southern agriculture and crop rotation methods- Who invented mechanical television?
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John Logie Baird; created the first working television system and pioneered visual broadcasting
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