Innovator
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An innovator in a general sense, is a person or an organization who is one of the first to introduce into reality something better than before. That often opens up a new area for others and achieves an innovation.
[edit] History
Some people that are often called innovators include:
- Isaac Newton - pioneered classical mechanics
- Albert Einstein - pioneered Relativity
- Sir Richard Arkwright - credited for inventing spinning frame
- Wright Brothers - pioneered controlled flight
- Thomas Edison - developed the first economically feasible light bulb
- Dennis Ritchie - co-developer of the Unix operating system
- Karl Benz - developed the first automobile with internal combustion
- Henry Ford - pioneered mass produced motor cars
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel - revolutionised public transport and engineering
- Nikola Tesla - pioneered the induction motor
- Robert H. Goddard - pioneered the liquid rocket engine
- Tim Berners Lee - invented the World Wide Web[1]
- Benjamin Graham - economist and professional investor
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[edit] References
- ^ "Tim Berners Lee - Time 100 People of the Century". Time Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/bernerslee.html. "He wove the World Wide Web and created a mass medium for the 21st century. The World Wide Web is Berners-Lee's alone. He designed it. He loosed it on the world. And he more than anyone else has fought to keep it open, nonproprietary and free."
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