page_title: List of German inventors and discoverers
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caption_attribution_description: Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Medium unknown Dimensions: 16.2 cm x 11.4 cm Date:Prior to 1941 Collection: Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology - As a supplement to the Dibner Library for the History of Science and Technology's collection of written works by scientists, engineers, natural philosophers, and inventors, the library also has a collection of thousands of portraits of these individuals. The portraits come in a variety of formats: drawings, woodcuts, engravings, paintings, and photographs, all collected by donor Bern Dibner. Presented here are a few photos from the collection, from the late 19th and early 20th century. Persistent URL: [1] Accession number: SIL14-N001-08
context_page_description: This is a list of German inventors and discoverers. The following list comprises people from Germany or German-speaking Europe, and also people of predominantly German heritage, in alphabetical order of the surname.
context_section_description: Thomas Nast: The German American "Father of the American Cartoon".
  Walther Nernst: Inventor of the Nernst lamp and Nobel laureate 1920 in Chemistry.
  Karl Nessler: Inventor of the permanent wave.
  Paul Gottlieb Nipkow: Technician and inventor, the "spiritual father" of the core element of first generation television technology.
  Emmy Noether: Mathematician. Groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics (Noether's theorem). Considered by many as the most influential woman in the history of mathematics.
caption: Walther Nernst, Nobel laureate
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