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Historical Lessons in Innovation

1900-1903, United States

Testing Small When Others Dream Big

While wealthy inventors built elaborate flying machines that crashed spectacularly, the Wright brothers ran a bicycle shop with limited funds and no f...

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1890s-1900s, France

Breaking Through Rejection

Marie Curie was denied access to universities in Poland due to her gender, rejected from laboratories in Paris, and worked in a freezing, poorly-equip...

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