Significant Inventors

Who was a talented artist and a Renaissance man?

Who built the first practical automobile powered by an internal combustion engine?

Who is credited with inventing the first known steam engine?

Who invented the World Wide Web?

Who is known for his contributions to electric vehicles and space exploration?

Who is known for his work in developing the first successful polio vaccine?

Who developed the alternating current (AC) electrical system?

Who invented the transistor?

Who is known for his development of the practical electric light bulb?

Who discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic?

Who is known for his development of the phonograph and the motion picture camera?

Who invented the cotton gin?

Whose work laid the foundations for modern computer science and artificial intelligence?

Who improved the steam engine?

Who invented the telephone?

Who developed the telegraph and Morse code?

Who created the Model T and revolutionized manufacturing with the assembly line?

Who revolutionized the way books were made?

Who achieved the first powered, controlled flight in 1903?