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Isaac Newton
1643 – 1727Showed that one law governs the apple and the Moon alike.
United Kingdom·Physics · Mathematics · AstronomyFull profile
Ada Lovelace
1815 – 1852Wrote the first algorithm intended for a machine and saw computing beyond numbers.
United Kingdom·Computing · Mathematics
James Clerk Maxwell
1831 – 1879Four equations that unified electricity, magnetism and light — hence radio and Wi-Fi.
United Kingdom·Physics · Mathematics
Alan Turing
1912 – 1954Defined what a computer is, then was destroyed by the country he saved.
United Kingdom·Mathematics · Computing · BiologyFull profile
Tim Berners-Lee
b. 1955Wrote the web and gave it away for nothing.
United Kingdom·Computing · EngineeringFull profile