THE COLLECTION

Heroes Who Built the Modern World

Start with a person. Leave understanding one more piece of the world around you.

Abraham DarbyFossil Fueled Iron
Abraham GesnerKerosene Chemistry
Alexander FlemingThe First Antibiotic
AristotleThe Science of Life
StoryGame
Carl SaganCosmic Perspective
Story
Charles LyellReading Earth's History
Charles M. SchwabSkyscraper Steel
Claude ShannonThe Information Age
Cornelius VanderbiltIntegrated Transportation
Story
Cyrus McCormickMechanized Farming
Dee HockGlobal Electronic Payments
Edwin DrakeThe First Oil Well
Story
Eli WhitneyInterchangeable Assembly
Filippo BrunelleschiHuman-Centered Architecture
Florence NightingaleSanitary Hospital
Story
Fritz Haber & Carl BoschFertilizer from Air
Grace HopperEnglish-Like Code
Story
Henry BessemerThe Steel Age
HippocratesClinical Medicine
Isaac NewtonUniversal Gravity
Story
Isambard BrunelEngineering Without Limits
James J. HillRailroad Empire
James WattRevolutionary Steam Power
Jensen HuangProgrammable Parallel Computing
John CarmackReal-Time 3D Worlds
John D. RockefellerStandardized Energy
John HarrisonMarine Chronometer
John SnowEpidemiology
Jonas SalkPolio Defeated
Joseph ListerAntiseptic Surgery
Larry Page & Sergey BrinWeb-Scale Search
Leonardo da VinciUniversal Genius
Lorenzo de' MediciRenaissance Patronage
Louis PasteurGerm Theory
Malcom McLeanContainerized Shipping
Experiment
Marie CurieRadioactive Elements
Michael FaradayElectromagnetic Induction
Story
MichelangeloMaster Sculpture
Morris ChangPure-Play Chip Foundry
Nathan RothschildInternational Bond Market
Nikola TeslaLong Distance Electric Power
Norman BorlaugHigh-Yield Agriculture
Story
Robert NoyceCommercial Microchip
Experiment
Steve JobsPersonal Computing
The ScrantonsAmerican Railroad Iron
TheophrastusThe Study of Plants
StoryGame
Thomas EdisonPractical Electric Light
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