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Engineers
 Websites presented in alphabetical order BBC Science & Nature: Leonardo 
 "Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519. Italian artist, scientist, engineer. An all-round genius whose paintings and inventions changed the world. Take an interactive journey through his life and works to discover what made him a true Renaissance man." Includes a timeline, painting and drawing galleries, an interactive tour of Leonardo's studio, and a quiz to see what type of a thinker you are. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/leonardo/ Topics: Artists, Notable People Last updated Mar 8, 2007 Leonard Kleinrock's Home Page
UCLA professor "Dr. Leonard Kleinrock created the basic principles of packet switching, the technology underpinning the Internet, while a graduate student at MIT." His official site features links to information about how the Internet was born, including his supervision of "the first message transmission on the Arpanet in October, 1969; this was the first murmurings of what later exploded into the Internet." Also includes biographical information and a bibliography. http://www.lk.cs.ucla.edu Topics: Electrical Energy, Internet, Notable People, Science, Technology Last updated Oct 2, 2004 William Mulholland (1855-1935)
A brief biography of William Mulholland, former head of the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles, designer of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and the man widely held responsible for the St. Francis Dam collapse. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/mulholland.htm Topics: Notable People, Science, Technology, Water Last updated Oct 2, 2004 William Mulholland: The Man Who Built the First Los Angeles Aqueduct
A biography of "the first American engineer to utilize hydraulic sluicing to build a dam." From the Los Angeles (City) Department of Water and Power. http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp000506.jsp Topics: Notable People, Science, Technology, Water Last updated Oct 2, 2004 |
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