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Scientists: Inventors, Researchers, Engineers, Mathematicians

Scientists seem to spend so much time behind-the-scenes it's actually rare for someone to gain enough public  aknoledgement to appear on a famous list. When this happens it's usually because their discoveries and inventions have made them wealthy businessmen (or women). If you check our business listings you'll see this. Meanwhile we do have some notable names including Alan Cox, Dr Evan Pierce, Herbert Stuart, John Ddu and of course mathematician  Robert Recorde.

Robert Recorde, scientist with a connection to Wales (Tenby, West Wales)

Robert Recorde Very influential physician and mathamatician. Robert published some of the most important books of his era including the first English language book on Algebra which incidentally is where the equals symbol is first seen in use! He achieved high office too, being not only the king's physician but also the controller of the Royal Mint (which is now based in Pontyclun, South Wales). As is true today, positions of power attract enemies and sadly it was his high profile that lead to his downfall. Robert was broken...

Tenby, Mathematician, Scientist, Philosopher

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William Jones, mathematician from Anglesey, North Wales

William Jones Mathematician from Anglsey His father John George Jones relied on a charity school at Llanfechell for William's education. His mathematical talent gained the attention of the Bulkeley family (local landowners) who found him employment in London working at a merchant's counting-house (where goods were inspected and money exchanged). Jones also worked for the Royal Navy, teaching mathematics on board Navy ships for seven years from 1695. Here his attention focused on navigation. He wrote 'A New Compendium...

Anglesey

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Brian Josephson, scientist from Cardiff, South Wales

Brian David Josephson our superconductivity mastermind Brian David Josephson is a Welsh physicist, born on January 4, 1940, in Cardiff, Wales. He became a prominent figure in the world of theoretical physics and is best known for his groundbreaking work on superconductivity, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973. His major contribution to science came with the discovery of the "Josephson Effect," which describes the quantum mechanical phenomenon of supercurrents tunneling through a thin insulating...

Cardiff, South Wales, Scientist, nobel-prize

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