Volume 11

Have you ever seen a nurse practitioner? It was Ford’s idea.

She defied the Nazis in occupied France and led at least 200 people to freedom.

It was because of Allcroft that Thomas the Tank Engine came to TV.

Bitzer conceived of the first computer educational system, and built it, inventing technologies along the way

A treasure hunter turned underwater archeologist, Sténuit became the first-ever aquanaut.

It took awhile before she was allowed to sing, and then told the world, “It’s never too late.”

He made computers more available to everyone, just at a time when it would have a huge impact.

His voice sounded familiar somehow.

Cooper explained two big ideas in two very different fields, and has a fictional namesake to boot.