Geeks in History: Gunpei Yokoi
Perk up, video game geeks. This one’s for you. Do you have a Nintendo 3DS or a DSI? Have you owned an original Game Boy? How about...
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Today’s Geeks in History brings to light a woman who saved many lives during World War II and contributed to the public international...
Read MoreGeeks in History: Lise Meitner
After the issue after the earthquakes in Japan earlier this year, nuclear power has been a rather hot topic. The thought of nuclear power...
Read MoreGeeks in History: Edward Jenner
Have you had smallpox or know someone who has? Chances are that unless you’re very old, the answer to both of those questions is a...
Read MoreGeeks in History: Saul Bass
Today’s Geeks in History focuses on a man who revolutionized the way we watch movies and look at design. This man worked with...
Read MoreGeeks in History: Thomas T Goldsmith, Jr
A television is something almost everyone has in their home. While they may no longer run on cathode ray tubes, that is the origin of the...
Read MoreGeeks in History: Hypatia
It’s time to use our imaginary time machines and head farther back to when the years were in triple digits, specifically to the late...
Read MoreGeeks in History: Omar Khayyám
In this week’s article, I’m going to be giving the mathematicians a little bit of love again by focusing on one of...
Read MoreGeeks in History: Leo Hendrik Baekeland
If there’s one item that I think we take for granted, it’s plastic. This is, of course, a more modern invention, though...
Read MoreGeeks in History: Jules Verne
For all of our readers who are science-fiction geeks like I am, today’s historical geek was a pioneer in that field. He was...
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