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Alan Turing: The enigmatic codebreaker

Alan Turing: The enigmatic codebreaker

Mathematician Alan Turing's role in cracking German ciphers shaped the course of the Second World War and saved millions of lives.
Masahiro Hara: he cracked the QR code

Masahiro Hara: he cracked the QR code

Drawing ideas from a board game, Masahiro Hara made the world a more efficiently pixellated place with a machine-readable matrix.
Luke Howard: the 'Godfather of Clouds'

Luke Howard: the 'Godfather of Clouds'

By classifying clouds, Luke Howard brought order to meteorology.
This rod is a life-saver

This rod is a life-saver

Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment yielded shock-absorbing lightning rods.
2003: An ignoble tussle over a Nobel

2003: An ignoble tussle over a Nobel

Twenty years ago, a prize set off an unseemly controversy and cleaved the scientific community.
The 'Seagull' who soared to space

The 'Seagull' who soared to space

Sixty years ago, Valentina Tereshkova became an unlikely symbol of Soviet space ascendance.
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