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===Science and technology===
 
===Science and technology===
 
*the greatest river engineer ever, James B. Eads, lacked any formal education and his revolutionary successes (such as the Eads Bridge) were opposed by leading experts<ref name="Eads bridge">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eads/peopleevents/p_jbeads.html</ref>
 
*the greatest river engineer ever, James B. Eads, lacked any formal education and his revolutionary successes (such as the Eads Bridge) were opposed by leading experts<ref name="Eads bridge">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eads/peopleevents/p_jbeads.html</ref>
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*perhaps the greatest health program of the 20th century, using a new term he coined for his program ("aerobics"), was developed by military physician Kenneth Cooper outside of a major medical research facility
 
*the [[free software]] movement and its ongoing development of the [[Linux]] operating system
 
*the [[free software]] movement and its ongoing development of the [[Linux]] operating system
 
*the development of a heavier-than-air, fixed wing aircraft by the [[Wright brothers]], despite opposition and mockery by aviation "experts."
 
*the development of a heavier-than-air, fixed wing aircraft by the [[Wright brothers]], despite opposition and mockery by aviation "experts."
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