Once described by a Johns Hopkins cardiac surgeon as the “unknown giant”, Vivien Thomas made groundbreaking contributions to modern heart surgery, despite decades of underappreciation. 1️⃣ A Medical Dream Derailed:After the 1929 stock market crash wiped out his savings for medical school, Thomas took a job as a laboratory technician for Dr. Alfred Blalock atContinue reading “Vivien Thomas: The Unsung Pioneer of Heart Surgery”
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1922 Ralph Alexander Gardner
On this day, December 3rd, in African American History In 1922, Ralph Alexander Gardner, a scientist who specialized in the development of hard plastics, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Gardner earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois School of Chemistry in 1943 and took a research job with the Argonne National Laboratory whereContinue reading “1922 Ralph Alexander Gardner”
History They Didn’t Teach You In School
Scholars have left him out of the history books and Hollywood couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge his existence either. He was Howard Hughes’ top engineer and lifelong best friend. This is about Frank Mann, the hidden genius behind much of Howard Hughes’ success in the world of aviation and mechanics. Frank Calvin Mann (November 22,Continue reading “History They Didn’t Teach You In School”
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