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James Clerk Maxwell: the most important physicist you haven't heard of © SSPL/Getty Images

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James Clerk Maxwell: the great scientist with a profound impact on modern physics

Who really discovered GPS? ©Getty

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Who really discovered GPS?

Who really discovered the Higgs particle? © Getty Images

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Who really discovered the Higgs particle?

Who was the first scientist? © Getty Images

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Who was the first scientist?

An Alfred Edward Chalon watercolour of Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (nee Ada Byron) circa 1940 © Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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How Ada Lovelace’s notes on the Analytical Engine created the first computer program

Monument of great astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus made by Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1822, Warsaw, Poland © Getty Images

Who first claimed planets go round the Sun?

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Who really discovered the law of gravity?

Flowers are placed alongside the ashes of British scientist Stephen Hawking at the site of interment in the nave of Westminster Abbey © Ben Stansall - WPA Pool /Getty Images

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Stephen Hawking’s final farewell

Who really discovered Halley's Comet? © Getty Images

Who really discovered Halley’s Comet?

Who really discovered Hubble’s Law? © ESA/Hubble

Who really discovered Hubble’s Law?

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Science Focus Podcast Remembering Professor Stephen Hawking

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Twitter Tributes to Professor Stephen Hawking

Who really discovered black holes? © Getty Images

Who really discovered black holes?

Who really discovered sunspots? © Getty Images

Who really discovered sunspots?

Is gravity getting weaker?

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Is gravity getting weaker?