881Which explorer’s 1947 raft voyage, the Kon-Tiki expedition, aimed to demonstrate ancient trans-Pacific contact was possible?
882Which French oceanographer co-invented the Aqua-Lung and became famous for underwater exploration documentaries?
883Which British naturalist independently proposed a theory of evolution by natural selection around the same time as Charles Darwin?
884Which Scottish-born inventor and scientist is best known for inventing the telephone, in addition to work on hearing and speech?
885Which physicist’s equations unified electricity, magnetism, and optics into a single classical theory of electromagnetism?
886Which German physicist first experimentally demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves, later giving his name to the unit of frequency?
887Which French physicist’s name is given to the SI unit of electric current, after his pioneering work on electromagnetism?
888Which Italian astronomer built one of the earliest practical telescopes and made key observations supporting the heliocentric model?
889Which Danish astronomer, known for exceptionally precise naked-eye observations, provided data that helped Kepler formulate his laws?
890Which Dutch scientist improved the telescope and discovered Saturn’s largest moon, Titan?
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