Although best known for being the wife of famed civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Coretta Scott King created her own legacy. Learn interesting details about her life.

Amelia Earhart was a record-breaking female aviator whose international fame paved the way for other female pilots.

Discover biographical details about famed author Louisa May Alcott who created colorful relatable characters in 19th-century novels.

Abolitionist author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, rose to fame in 1851 with the publication of her best-selling book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which highlighted the evils of slavery.

Two migration theories are on the table for consideration. Weigh the evidence of each one in this article by Donald Johanson of Lucy fame.

Read about the linotype machine, the most important invention since Guttenberg's printing press, and Ottmar Mergenthaler, its inventor.

Biographical information about William R. Hewlett, co-founder of the electronics giant Hewlett-Packard.

Read a brief bio on the inventor of the broad spectrum antibiotic, tetracycline.

Brief biography of the scientist who is recognized for determining organic molecular structure and the synthesis of many steroids.

This site honors Harold Stephen Black for his inventions of the wave translation system and the negative feedback amplifier. Content includes a brief biography of the inventor as well as a look at how his inventions have impacted society.

Biographical information and a photograph of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.

This website provides a biography of Charles Kettering (1876-1958) and describes his inventions for the automobile, including an electrical ignition system.

Learn about George Babcock (1832-1893 CE), a New York native who, along with Stephen Wilcox, invented an improved water tube steamboiler.

Read a brief bio on Willem J. Kolff, inventor of the artificial kidney dialysis machine, and learn the extent to which this invention is being used in the U.S.

Read about Frederick Banting and the work he did to help diabetics maintain their insulin levels. This site includes biographical informatin and links to pages on inventors Charles Best and James Collip.

Read about Samuel Blum, inventor of the laser technique used in LASIK eye surgery. This page includes a bio and a brief explanation of how Blum discovered that lasers could be used in surgery.

This site provides biographical information on Baruch S. Blumberg, inventor of the Hepatitis B vaccine.

Read about Raymond V. Damadian, inventor of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and learn how the MRI has impacted the field of medicine.

Learn about one of the scientists responsible for inventing insulin for use by diabetics. Read a brief biography on James Collip, and follow links to inventors who worked with Collip, Charles Best and Frederick Banting.

This site provides a brief biography on William D. Coolidge, inventor of the X-ray tube, also known as the "Coolidge tube."

Learn about Thomas Fogarty, inventor of the embolectomy catheter, a "device [that] allows a thin balloon to be inserted into a patient's artery and guided through an occlusion." Read about the invention's impact and the inventor's career.

This site provides a very brief bio on Dr. John Gibbon, inventor of the heart-lung machine that he used to "complete the first open-heart operation." Learn about the invention's impact on the medical world.

Learn about the inventor of the medical cardiac pacemaker, Wilson Greatbatch. This site provides a brief bio on Greatbatch, information on the invention's impact, and a portrait of the inventor.

Read about Stephen Heilman, co-inventor of the automatic implantable defibrillator, "a device that detects and corrects heart arrhythmias in patients who would otherwise die from sudden cardiac death."