Exploratorium

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Exploratorium

MUSEUM

Hands-on science museum, founded 1969 by Frank Oppenheimer.

Official Website:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Founding Date:
1969

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Natalie Angier Journalist 16-Feb-1958 Science reporter

Paul Berg Chemist 30-Jun-1926 Pioneer in recombinant DNA

J. Michael Bishop Scientist 22-Feb-1936 Genetic causes of cancer

William K. Coblentz Attorney 28-Jul-1922 13-Sep-2010 Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass

Ann Druyan Author 13-Jun-1949 Co-wrote Cosmos with husband Carl Sagan

Donald A. Glaser Physicist 21-Sep-1926 28-Feb-2013 Inventor of the bubble chamber

Richard Gregory Psychologist 24-Jul-1923 17-May-2010 Optical illusions and "hands-on" science

Bob Metcalfe Business 1946 Co-Inventor of Ethernet

Gordon Moore Business 3-Jan-1929 Co-founder of Intel, laid down Moore's Law

Frank Oppenheimer Physicist 14-Aug-1912 3-Feb-1985 Founder of the Exploratorium

Pief Panofsky Physicist 24-Apr-1919 24-Sep-2007 Stanford Linear Accelerator

Arno Penzias Astronomer 26-Apr-1933 Detected primordial radiation

Philip Rosedale Business 29-Sep-1968 Founder and CEO, Linden Lab

Peter C. Wendell Business c. 1950 Venture capitalist, Sierra Ventures

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