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Exploratorium
MUSEUM
Hands-on science museum, founded 1969 by Frank Oppenheimer.
Official Website:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Founding Date:
1969
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Natalie Angier |
Journalist |
16-Feb-1958 |
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Science reporter |
| Paul Berg |
Chemist |
30-Jun-1926 |
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Pioneer in recombinant DNA |
| J. Michael Bishop |
Scientist |
22-Feb-1936 |
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Genetic causes of cancer |
| William K. Coblentz |
Attorney |
28-Jul-1922 |
13-Sep-2010 |
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass |
| Ann Druyan |
Author |
13-Jun-1949 |
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Co-wrote Cosmos with husband Carl Sagan |
| Donald A. Glaser |
Physicist |
21-Sep-1926 |
28-Feb-2013 |
Inventor of the bubble chamber |
| Richard Gregory |
Psychologist |
24-Jul-1923 |
17-May-2010 |
Optical illusions and "hands-on" science |
| Bob Metcalfe |
Business |
1946 |
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Co-Inventor of Ethernet |
| Gordon Moore |
Business |
3-Jan-1929 |
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Co-founder of Intel, laid down Moore's Law |
| Frank Oppenheimer |
Physicist |
14-Aug-1912 |
3-Feb-1985 |
Founder of the Exploratorium |
| Pief Panofsky |
Physicist |
24-Apr-1919 |
24-Sep-2007 |
Stanford Linear Accelerator |
| Arno Penzias |
Astronomer |
26-Apr-1933 |
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Detected primordial radiation |
| Philip Rosedale |
Business |
29-Sep-1968 |
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Founder and CEO, Linden Lab |
| Peter C. Wendell |
Business |
c. 1950 |
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Venture capitalist, Sierra Ventures |
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