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Hero on the ball field: 50 years ago this month, Jackie Robinson broke major-league baseball's color line

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Robinson provided opportunities for other African American baseball players after signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He initially endured hostility from teammates, opponents and fans, but batted .297 his first season. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.

Biography, African American baseball players, Robinson, Jackie

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Masters of invention: men of power

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Inventors of energy-generating machines and technology are presented. Thomas Newcomen made the steam engine in 1712, Nikola Testa built the first alternating-current motor, Enrico Fermi developed the use of nuclear power, and Amory B. Lovins discovered ways to conserve energy.

Nuclear energy, Discovery and exploration, Energy conservation, Tesla, Nikola, Fermi, Enrico, Electric motors, Steam-engines, Steam engines, Lovins, Amory B., Newcomen, Thomas

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The wonder workers: their computers have changed the way we work and play

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Charles Babbage, Howard Aiken, Nolan Bushnell, Steve Wozniak, Steven Jobs and Bill Gates contributed to the development of electronic computers from the 18th to the 20th century. The achievements of each of these men are described.

Innovations, Software, Computers, Product development, Digital computers, Babbage, Charles, Gates, Bill, Jobs, Steven, Bushnell, Nolan, Wozniak, Steve, Aiken, Howard H.

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