Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She began her career in...
Helen Keller, in full Helen Adams Keller, (born June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S.- died June 1, 1968, Westport, Connecticut), American author and educator...
Shockley studied physics at the California Institute of Technology (B.S., 1932) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1936). He joined the technical...
Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he...
Sam Walton, in full Samuel Moore Walton, (born March 29, 1918, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, U.S.—died April 5, 1992, Little Rock, Arkansas), American retail magnate who...
Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist and cryptographer known as the "father...
Stephen Gary Wozniak was born in San Jose, California, to Margaret and Francis Wozniak. Wozniak studied at Berkeley, where he hacked the University of...
Along with Charles Sanders Peirce, James established the philosophical school known as pragmatism, and is also cited as one of the founders of functional...
The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope is the most powerful solar telescope in the world. The Inouye Solar Telescope is located...
Santa Claus is a town in Spencer County, Indiana, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. Home to numerous Christmas-themed attractions including...
The San Francisco Water Emergency Transportation Authority’s (WETA) rapid electric emissions-free ferries (REEF) programme has set target dates to begin construction of its first...
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1964 Christmas animated television special produced by Videocraft International, Ltd. and currently distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution (later...
