Graeme Ferguson Filmmaker
A cinematographer, Ferguson was so obsessed with image quality that inventing IMAX was the only way to satisfy him.
From This is True for 9 May 2021
Volume 9
2020-2021
Helen Murray Free Chemist
Free made huge leaps in the field of clinical testing.
From This is True for 2 May 2021
Daniel Kaminsky Internet security researcher
Kaminsky is largely responsible for your not losing money from your online bank accounts from early design flaws.
From This is True for 25 April 2021
Chuck Geschke Software visionary
Geschke and his business partner created Postscript, and the PDF file specification.
From This is True for 18 April 2021
Isamu Akasaki Blue physicist
Akasaki unlocked the path to making white LEDs: he made blue LEDs possible.
From This is True for 11 April 2021
Gianluigi Colalucci Art restorer
Colalucci led the restoration of Michelangelo’s paintings inside the Sistine Chapel.
From This is True for 4 April 2021
Beverly Cleary Writer
Cleary was a major influence on children’s books.
From This is True for 28 March 2021
Glynn Lunney Flight Director
His team’s job: write the operations plans and mission rules for space flight controllers to follow.
From This is True for 21 March 2021
Allan McDonald Rocket engineer
McDonald led the development of the Space Shuttle boosters, and advised NASA not to launch Challenger. He was overruled.
From This is True for 14 March 2021
Nikki Van der Zyl Voice actress
Van der Zyl performed many of the female actresses in the James Bond films: not even Ursula Andress has her real voice in ‘Dr. No’.
From This is True for 7 March 2021