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Ferdinand Porsche helped develop early electric and hybrid cars and founded a design office in 1931. His engineering legacy also includes Nazi-era projects and forced labor.
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Wilhelm Röntgen was a German mechanical engineer and physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range now known as X-rays. H
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays. As a result of this di
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Schumacher's relentless work ethic and Ferrari dynasty set new standards in motorsport before skiing accident 2013.
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Steffi Graf won all four tennis majors and Olympic singles gold in 1988. Follow the career behind her 22 Grand Slam singles titles and 377 weeks…
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Johann Sebastian Bach wrote instrumental works in Köthen and sacred music as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. Trace the Brandenburg Concertos, cantatas and St Matthew Passion.
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From *Rain Man* to *Dune*, Zimmer's scores define modern cinema, founding Remote Control Productions mentoring new composers.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe rose to fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther and spent much of his career in Weimar. Explore Faust, his public roles…
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Born in Bonn and established in Vienna, Beethoven reshaped the symphony while losing his hearing. Follow his path from the Eroica to the Ninth and late…
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Sophie Scholl helped circulate the White Rose leaflets against Nazi rule. Read about her path to resistance in Munich, her arrest in 1943 and her enduring…
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