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People That Changed The World

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Here is a list of people, that solely due to their sheer willpower, hard work and leadership qualities that help mankind develop over time... Tim Berners-Lee The World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee kick-started the World Wide Web in 1989, designing and building the first Web browser, editor and server. The widely adopted technologies transformed the way information is created and consumed. Francis Crick, James Watson and Rosalind Franklin Structure of DNA English-born Francis Crick and his American colleague James Watson made one of the most dazzling discoveries in the history of science in 1953 when they accurately decoded the structure of the DNA molecule. They would not, however, have been able to identify the twisted ladder shape of the DNA double helix without the help of English scientist Rosalind Franklin’s X-ray images, which Watson saw without her knowledge. Franklin, who exposed herself to dangerous levels of radiation to ge
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The World’s 10 Greatest Leaders

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starting from No.1............... Pope Francis Age: 77 Pontiff, Catholic Church Just over a year ago, a puff of white smoke announced the new spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world. In the brief time since, Francis has electrified the church and attracted legions of non-Catholic admirers by energetically setting a new direction. He has refused to occupy the palatial papal apartments, has washed the feet of a female Muslim prisoner, is driven around Rome in a Ford Focus, and famously asked "Who am I to judge?" with regard to the church's view of gay members. He created a group of eight cardinals to advise him on reform, which a church historian calls the "most important step in the history of the church for the past 10 centuries." Francis recently asked the world to stop the rock-star treatment. He knows that while revolutionary, his act
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                                            Genghis Khan   Genghis also spelled  Chinggis,  Chingis,  Jenghiz,  or  Jinghis,  original name  Temüjin,  also spelled  Temuchin  (born  1162 , near  Lake Baikal ,  Mongolia —died  August 18, 1227 ), Mongolian warrior-ruler, one of the most famous conquerors of history, who consolidated tribes into a unified Mongolia and then extended his empire across Asia to the  Adriatic Sea . Genghis Khan was a warrior and ruler of genius who, starting from obscure and insignificant beginnings, brought all the  nomadic  tribes of Mongolia under the rule of himself and his family in a rigidly disciplined military  state . He then turned his attention toward the settled peoples beyond the borders of his nomadic realm and began the series of campaigns of plunder and conquest that eventually carried the  Mongol  armies as far as the Adriatic Sea in one direction and the Pacific coast of  China  in the other, leading to the establishment of the g
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