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Here are some inventors’ names and their inventions.

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• Darwin : Charles Darwin was the naturalist who came up with the theory of evolution in 1859.
  Who was charles darwin ?
  What was he famous for ?

• Columbus : columbus discovered america in 1492.
• Vauban : vauban designed fortifications and his innovations revolutionized the defensive fortifications in 1668.
• Bill Gates : he created windows in 1970.
• Gutenberg : he created the first modern printing system in 1455.
• Galileo : he created the first astrominical telescope in the 17th century.
• Marie Curie : she discovered the radium and polonium in 1891.
• Robert Boyle : robert boyle came up with boyle’s law in the 17th century.
• Robert Hooke : Robert Hooke was the english scientist who invented the microscope in 1665.
• Isaac Newton : isaac newton uncovered the laws of gravity.
• Michael Jackson invented the moonwalk on march 25,1983.
• Frédéric auguste Bartholdi sculpted the statue of the liberty (1875-1886) and the lion of belfort (1871-1880).
• Pythagoras discovered the pythagorean theorem in the fifth century before christ.
• Walt Disney invented mickey in 1920.
• the Lumière Brothers invented the cinema in 1895.
   who invented the cinema ?
   what did the lumière brothers discover ?
   when did the lumière brothers invent the cinema ?
• Louis Pasteur discovered the first vaccination in 1885.
• Mark Zuckerberg invented facebook in 2004.
• Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1877.
• Gustave Courbet painted the first burial in 1850.
   what did gustave courbet paint in 1850 ?
• Gustave Eiffel built the eiffel tower in 1889.
   when did gustave eiffel build the eiffel tower ?
• Nicolas Copernicus discovered the solar system in 1530.
• Armstrong : he was an astronomer. Neil Armstrong became the first human being to walk on the moon in july, 20th 1969.
   who was neil amstrong ?
   what was he famous for ?
   when did he go to the moon ?
• Einstein : he was a scientist. In 1905, einstein published a paper proposing a "special theory of relativity.
   who was albert einstein ?
   what did he write ?
   when did he invent his theory ?
• Edison : thomas edison was the great genius and inventor of the electricity at the beginning of the 20th century.
   who was edison ?
   what did he invent ?
• Archimedes : one of the great scientists of antiquity in 287 before christ. He found the principle of buoyancy : archimedes’ principle
• Pierre Vernier invented geometry instruments (the sextant, the caliper, the barometer) in 1631
• Larry Page created google in 1998.