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*[[Henry Ford]]'s mass-production techniques, which turned automobiles from a curiosity into the backbone of American industry despite Ford's lack of formal education.
 
*[[Henry Ford]]'s mass-production techniques, which turned automobiles from a curiosity into the backbone of American industry despite Ford's lack of formal education.
 
*the investigation of the [[Challenger Disaster]] by maverick physicist [[Richard Feynman]]
 
*the investigation of the [[Challenger Disaster]] by maverick physicist [[Richard Feynman]]
*the solution one of the greatest unsolved problem of our time, the [[Poincaré conjecture]] (see below)
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*the solution of one of the greatest unsolved problem of our time, the [[Poincaré conjecture]] (see below)
 
*[[Evariste Galois]], an unknown teenager, developed [[group theory]] and it took the mathematical experts a century to appreciate it
 
*[[Evariste Galois]], an unknown teenager, developed [[group theory]] and it took the mathematical experts a century to appreciate it
 
*[[Bill Gates]] and [[Steve Jobs]] both chose to eschew the academic confines of college and instead implemented their own ideas in computer software and hardware, eventually creating multi-billion dollar companies.
 
*[[Bill Gates]] and [[Steve Jobs]] both chose to eschew the academic confines of college and instead implemented their own ideas in computer software and hardware, eventually creating multi-billion dollar companies.
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