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Featured Books
Africa's Journey to Industry 4.0: A Guide to Thriving in a Disrupted World
The future is being written. Will your voice be part of it? From the first …
Black Women Scientists & Inventors Vol 2
Celebrating twenty groundbreaking Black women whose scientific brilliance continues to shape our world. This powerful …
Blacks in Mathematics & Science: Workbook 1
Building Confidence Through Discovery, Problem Solving, and Real-World Learning. Blacks in Mathematics & Science: Workbook …
Black Scientists & Inventors Book 2
Inspire. Educate. Celebrate Innovation. The second book in the Black Scientists and Inventors series continues …
Featured Scientists
Chemistry
Cameroonian materials scientist who earned a Durham University PhD on organic thin-film gas sensors and patented polyaniline gas-sensing technology with …
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Chemistry
Butler University-trained chemist who co-invented patented muscle-relaxant thiadiazine-amine compounds for Richardson-Merrell
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Electrical Engineering
Texas Instruments engineer who co-invented a patented semiconductor device with a uniform nitrogen dielectric profile
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