Who caused the biggest jump ahead for mankind?

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cbia 107 Member Since: 2/25/08 Posts: 2457	lordbreakdown - cbia - I was thinking that, but allot of his work was never developed for public use. Maybe you're right. But his work in alternating current, polyphase, AC motors, and wireless radio was amazing. You have ignored this user.

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Trust 270 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 52195	Whoever first figured out that you could plant and grow crops, rather than being nomadic hunter/gatherers. You have ignored this user.

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Slowbie Member Since: 7/30/07 Posts: 99	The guy who invented Tivo. You have ignored this user.

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I was thinking that, but allot of his work was never developed for public use.

Maybe you're right. But his work in alternating current, polyphase, AC motors, and wireless radio was amazing.

Let's not forget Tesla Motor cars, "the induction motor, means for increasing the intensity of electrical oscillations, alternating current for long distance electrical transmission, the "Tesla" Coil, bladeless turbines, telegeodynamics, wireless communication systems, radio frequency oscillators, robotics, x-ray developments leading to the creating of the MRI, various devices that use rotating magnetic fields, methods for providing for low resistance in the passage of electrical current, voltage multiplication devices, high voltage discharge devices, lightning protection devices and many others. Nikola Tesla's contributions to electrical generation are the foundation of the industry. Nikola Tesla held over 40 patents in the United States and over 700 patents worldwide."

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BaldTony 109 Member Since: 12/12/02 Posts: 13608	It's not Bell. Stealing inventions when you work at the patent office does not advance the cause of humanity. You have ignored this user.

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CARI0CA Member Since: 1/30/09 Posts: 760	Adolf Hitler No, seriously Thanks to the medical trials he conducted on the jews, a lot of new medicines and cures were found to common diseases You have ignored this user.

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CARI0CA Member Since: 1/30/09 Posts: 761	ohferfuxsakes - The Grecians Greeks* IMO You have ignored this user.

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Crazy Zimmerman 188 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 45931	ohferfuxsakes - The Grecians How does hair coloring further mankind? You have ignored this user.

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TDre42 Member Since: 12/20/08 Posts: 61	I second Hitler. The rapid technological escalation of WWII laid the foundation for the majority of our mechanic and computer equipment we have today. You have ignored this user.

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The Double Deuce Member Since: 10/22/02 Posts: 4936	see the thread about African American inventors. We just could not have advanced without them! You have ignored this user.

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cbia 107 Edited: 05/19/09 1:55 PM Member Since: 2/25/08 Posts: 2458	The computer was before WW2. 1937 - Atanasoff - Iowa State University. Hitler had nothing to do with it. Edit: misread your post TD???. Still throwing the info above out there. You have ignored this user.

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The Double Deuce - see the thread about African American inventors. We just could not have advanced without them!

Someone made a thread about Benjamin Banneker, Janet Emerson Bashen, Patricia Bath, Andrew Jackson Beard, Miriam E. Benjamin, Edmond Berger, Henry Blair, Bessie Blount, Sarah Boone, Otis Boykin, Charles Brooks, Phil Brooks, Henry Brown, Marie Brown, Robert Bryant, John Albert Burr, George Alcorn, Nathaniel Alexander, Virgie Ammons, George Washington Carver, George Carruthers, Benjamin S. Carson, Emmett W. Chappelle, John Christian,- Donald Cotton, David Crosthwait, Mark Dean, Ronald Demon, Joseph Hunter Dickinson, Clatonia Joaquin Dorticus, Charles Richard Drew, Thomas Elkins, Philip Emeagwali, Sarah E. Goode, Meredith C. Gourdine, George Grant, Lloyd Augustus Hall, Joycelyn Harrison, Augustus Jackson, Thomas L. Jennings, Jack Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Willis Johnson Frederick Jones, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Percy Lavon Julian, Everett Just, Roscoe Koontz, Lewis Howard Latimer, Joseph Lee, John Lee Love, Jan Ernst Matzeliger, Elijah McCoy, Alexander Miles, Ruth Miro, Garrett Morgan, Lyda Newman, Alice Parker, Traverse Benjamin Pinn, Willam Purvis, Lloyd P Ray, Cordell Reed, Louis Roberts, Norbert Rillieux, Walter Sammons, Henry Sampson, Jerry Shelby, Richard Spikes, John Standard, Thomas Stewart, Rufus Stokes, Lewis Temple Valerie Thomas, John Henry Thompson, Madame Walker, James Edward West, John Thomas White,- Doctor Daniel Hale Williams, Paul E. Williams, Joseph Winters, Granville Woods, Stanley Woodard, & Kevin Woolfolk?

Where?

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Isaac298 Member Since: 2/11/03 Posts: 17365	Probably the dude that learned how a fire is made. Pretty much seperated us from the rest of the animals on this planet You have ignored this user.

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TDre42 Member Since: 12/20/08 Posts: 62	"The computer was before WW2. 1937 - Atanasoff - Iowa State University. Hitler had nothing to do with it" Ya, I realize he didn't discover the computer. Hitler single handedly started and maintained WWII. My logic was that WWII was a huge catalyst for giant leaps in technology(mechanical,computing,weaponry,nuclear physics, etc). You have ignored this user.

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cbia 107 The total sum of your votes up and votes down

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TDre42 - "The computer was before WW2. 1937 - Atanasoff - Iowa State University. Hitler had nothing to do with it"

Ya, I realize he didn't discover the computer.

Hitler single handedly started and maintained WWII. My logic was that WWII was a huge catalyst for giant leaps in technology(mechanical,computing,weaponry,nuclear physics, etc).

I got ya. That is why I edited my post to acknowledge my poor reading comprehension - just decided to leave that up there for those who might find it interesting.

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PR Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 16710	How about the guy that invented the printing press? Gutenberg(sp?) You have ignored this user.

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Rock n Roll Suicide Member Since: 11/13/08 Posts: 1974	We'll have to ask ArtV to decide. You have ignored this user.

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