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Scientists and inventors don’t have to be household names to have had a meaningful impact on the world. This episode of The List Show shares the contributions of 19 amazing scientists who have been overlooked for too long. You’ll learn who developed the idea of evolution by natural selection at the same time as Charles Darwin and the identity of the first woman to fly in space.
Erin (@erincmccarthy) shares scientists whose work was overlooked in their time, as well as celebrated scientists who we’ve forgotten about over the years.
Check out more scientists and thinkers whose work is too-often ignored in our article, 12 Overlooked Innovators Who Helped Invent The Modern World: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62580/12-overlooked-innovators-who-helped-invent-modern-world
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Erin (@erincmccarthy) shares scientists whose work was overlooked in their time, as well as celebrated scientists who we’ve forgotten about over the years.
Check out more scientists and thinkers whose work is too-often ignored in our article, 12 Overlooked Innovators Who Helped Invent The Modern World: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62580/12-overlooked-innovators-who-helped-invent-modern-world
In case you forgot, The List Show is a trivia-tastic, fact-filled show for curious people. Subscribe here for new List Show episodes the first and third Wednesday of each month: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZ5qUqpW4hW4zdfuBxMSJA?sub_confirmation=1
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About Mental Floss:
Mental Floss is where curious people come for trivia-tastic information. Mental Floss produces lists of fun facts, debunks common misconceptions, and tells untold stories from history, science, culture and more.
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