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Ada Lovelace

1815 – 1852

Wrote the first algorithm intended for a machine and saw computing beyond numbers.

United Kingdom·Computing · Mathematics

James Clerk Maxwell

1831 – 1879

Four equations that unified electricity, magnetism and light — hence radio and Wi-Fi.

United Kingdom·Physics · Mathematics

Georg Cantor

1845 – 1918

Proved there are different sizes of infinity.

Russia·Mathematics

Emmy Noether

1882 – 1935

Noether's theorem links symmetry to conservation laws — the backbone of modern physics.

Germany·Mathematics · Physics

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