Descartes and Galileo come to mind. (For Newton, "giant" was an unkind dig at Descartes' stature.) Amateur Radio science owes much to the mathematical breakthroughs that Newton achieved in his experiments involving calculus and physics. When we share our experience, we become a stronger community. And our common interest informs our other activities. Above all, we benefit from the sheer diversity of our fellow hams. Ours is a fascinating fratority. Most know all the familiar examples: Jordanian kings and Arizona senators, Nobel laureates and astronauts, teachers and industrialists. I offer several less-well-known, but exemplary, lesser giants whose shoulders we stand on. Three come to mind. The first, an Olympic Gold medalist and scientist; the second, a motion picture cinematographer, and the third, a computer scientist. What they have in common: ham radio.
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