Great Thinkers

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Alan Turing
1912-1954 · United Kingdom
Alan Turing was an English mathematician, codebreaker, and founder of modern computer science. He was born in London on 23 June 1912. His father worked…
Critical thinking Problem solving Scientific thinking Creative expression +1
"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done."
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Blaise Pascal
1623-1662 · France
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and religious thinker. He was born in 1623 in Clermont-Ferrand in central France. His mother died when…
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"The heart has its reasons, which reason knows nothing of."
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Grace Hopper
1906-1992 · United States
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (1906-1992) was an American mathematician, computer scientist, and United States Navy rear admiral whose work on programming languages and compilers helped…
Scientific thinking Critical thinking Creative expression Research skills +1
"It is easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."
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Hypatia of Alexandria
c.350-415 CE · Alexandria, Roman Egypt
Hypatia of Alexandria (c.350-415 CE) was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who taught in the Egyptian city of Alexandria during the late Roman Empire. She…
Scientific thinking Critical thinking Cultural heritage and identity Research skills +1
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."
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Katherine Johnson
1918 - 2020 · United States (African American)
Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician. She did the calculations that helped send the first American astronauts into space and to the Moon. She worked…
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"We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away,…"
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W. Edwards Deming
1900-1993 · United States
William Edwards Deming (1900-1993) was an American statistician and management consultant whose work on quality control and systematic thinking about production reshaped manufacturing in Japan…
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"In God we trust; all others must bring data."
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