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Thales
The Greek famous for investigating electrical phenomenon. He also had this "thing" for amber and cat fur.
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abbe Jean-Antoine Nollet
The abbott who enjoyed shocking his fellow monks -- and demonstrated electric current in the process.
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Pieter van Musschenbroek
André-Marie Ampère
Allesandro Volta
You could say he had a case of piles. Actually it was called the "Volta Pile" -- an early electro-chemical battery.
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Luigi Galvani
Accidently discovered "animal electricity". EMG users can thank him for finding the...
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Micheal Faraday
Discovered the principles of electro-magnetic induction. he was also famous for pissing off the scientist, Davy.
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Samuel_F_B_Morse
"What hath God wrought?" was what he tapped out on the first telegraph message.
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Heinrich Hertz
Discovered and demonstrated the principles of what is now called radio.
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Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Though physically a dwarf, he was one of the "bigs" in the early days of electrical power transmission.
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Nichola Tesla
The man who quite literally "invented the modern world" (think--among other things--the...
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Frank Julian Sprague
Herman Hollerith
He really didn't invent the "punched card", but his IBM got big enough to not care.
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Lev Theremin
Made "etherial" music (think the music from the film "Forbidden Planet"), and as a KGB captive, bugged the US Embassy in Moscow.
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Steve Wozniak
While his buddy, Steve Jobs, got rich, this shy geek invented the Apple computer; got enough out of it to live comfortably, and nw's having a ball.
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