Jonas Salk – The Vaccine and the Public Good
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Scientific Giants
Scientists whose experiments and ideas changed our understanding of the world.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal – The Forest of Neurons
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Wilder Penfield – Sparks on the Cortex
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Galileo Galilei – Astronomer
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Johannes Kepler — A 17th-Century Astronomer
Kepler - You’re listening to “Scientific Giants Who Changed Our Understanding of the World We Live In.” Each episode stands beside one mind and follows a thread of curiosity until it ties to the…
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwarizmi
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Charles Darwin – Father of Natural Selection and Evolution
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Albert Einstein – The Relativity of Genius
Albert Einstein is one of those rare names that transcends science and enters everyday language. To call someone “an Einstein” is to call them a genius. His wild hair and twinkling eyes became a…
Michael Faraday – New Language for Nature
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Antoine‑Laurent Lavoisier
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