Geeks in History: Gunpei Yokoi

Posted by on Aug 1, 2011 in Columns, Geeks in History | 0 comments

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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Geeks in History – Lina Solomonovna Stern

Posted by on Jul 11, 2011 in Columns, Geeks in History | 0 comments

Today’s Geeks in History brings to light a woman who saved many lives during World War II and contributed to the public international...

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Geeks in History: Lise Meitner

Posted by on Jun 20, 2011 in Columns, Geeks in History | 0 comments

After the issue after the earthquakes in Japan earlier this year, nuclear power has been a rather hot topic. The thought of nuclear power...

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Geeks in History: Edward Jenner

Posted by on May 23, 2011 in Columns, Geeks in History | 0 comments

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...

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Geeks in History: Saul Bass

Posted by on May 9, 2011 in Columns, Geeks in History | 0 comments

Today’s Geeks in History focuses on a man who revolutionized the way we watch movies and look at design. This man worked with...

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Geeks in History: Thomas T Goldsmith, Jr

Posted by on Apr 25, 2011 in Columns, Geeks in History | 0 comments

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...

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Geeks in History: Hypatia

Posted by on Apr 6, 2011 in Columns, Geeks in History | 3 comments

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...

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Geeks in History: Omar Khayyám

Posted by on Mar 2, 2011 in Columns, Geeks in History | 0 comments

In this week’s article, I’m going to be giving the mathematicians a little bit of love again by focusing on one of...

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Geeks in History: Leo Hendrik Baekeland

Posted by on Feb 16, 2011 in Columns, Geeks in History | 0 comments

If there’s one item that I think we take for granted, it’s plastic. This is, of course, a more modern invention, though...

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Geeks in History: Jules Verne

Posted by on Jan 19, 2011 in Columns, Geeks in History | 0 comments

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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