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Jacques Cousteau was willing to go to whatever lengths were necessary to protect the seas.

Little Manya Sklodowski (Marie Curie) became the first woman to earn the Nobel Prize in Physics, and the first person ever to earn a second Prize.

Mid-20^th-century technological advances caused many to ignore the potentially negative effects. One early voice of caution was that of Rachel Carson.

The last century was a time of cosmic exploration; George Hale’s contribution was in building tools that have given us greater access to the universe.

For almost anyone alive on July 20, 1969, the first words from the Moon and man’s first steps are flashbulb events immortalized in the mind.

Alan B. Shepard, Jr. lived twice as long as many people expected. The first American in space, he lit America’s enthusiasm to rally behind the space program.

The prophet Isaiah wrote of a time when instruments of war would be turned into implements for farming. But today, the opposite occurs far too often.

Hubble became known as the man who made the smartest man in the world change his mind about the structure of the universe.

Nicolaus Copernicus wanted to correct the science of astronomy, even though that might invite the wrath of the most powerful intellectual elite.

After hundreds of attempts, scientists in Edinburgh, Scotland, have successfully cloned a sheep.

Albert Einstein is perhaps the most famous scientist of the 20^th century, best known for the Special and General Theories of Relativity.

Surprisingly, Charles Darwin may never have intended his idea of natural selection to replace God or religion.