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Konrad Zuse
1910 – 1995Built the first programmable digital computer, the Z3, in 1941.
Germany·Computing · Engineering
Ernő Rubik
b. 1944His cube became a global object lesson in group theory.
Hungary·Engineering · Mathematics
Tim Berners-Lee
b. 1955Wrote the web and gave it away for nothing.
United Kingdom·Computing · EngineeringFull profile