a. Discovered the chemical elements polonium and radium. Doctors now use radium to treat cancer. She was also the first female professor at the University of Paris.
b. Greek poet who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey. Has a shrine built in his honor in Alexandria. He is described as a “divinely inspired reservoir of all literature”.
c. Invented the remote control in 1950. He was the president and founder of the technology company Zenith.