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Not always an experiment is successful sometimes the consequences can be fatal, as shown in these 10 cases.
These events are redefining the proverb "no good thing goes unpunished." For these scientists, desire for knowledge has led to their death.
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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1785), French scholar of the eighteenth century has died following an accident with an experimental air balloon when it was deflated at 457 meters. It is known as the first victim of an "aviation" accident.
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| Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier – Pilâtre de Rozier |
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| The first untethered balloon flight, by Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes on 21 November 1783. Photo: wikipedia |
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Max Valier (1930) died in a laboratory explosion of jet engine fueled with liquid oxygen.
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| Max Valier Pioneers of Flight |
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| Valier in a rocket car, circa April 1930. Photo: wikipedia |
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Sieur Freminet (1772) created one of the first diving equipment. He died from a test underwater equipment after a malfunction.
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Tim Samaras (2013) was meteorologist looking for tornadoes to study them and to develop a method by which they can be predicted. He died when a tornado swallowed up his car.
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| Storm chaser Tim Samaras Photo: wikipedia |
Harry Daghlian Jr. (1945), during the construction of the first atomic bomb dropped the brick core of a nuclear reactor. His hands began to "burn" instant, then fell into a coma and died 25 days later.
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| A picture of Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. Photo: wikipedia |
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| Harry Daghlian - Wikiwand |
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Elizabeth Fleischman (1905) introduced radiographs in military hospitals to identify bullets. She used her own body in experiments that led to the illness of cancer.
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| Elizabeth Fleischman, American X-ray pioneer (1899) Photo: wikipedia |
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Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1786) independently discovered oxygen, chlorine and manganese. Ingesting toxic substances regularly until he died from mercury poisoning.
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| Carl Wilhelm Scheele from Familj-Journalen1874 Photo: wikipedia |
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Louis Slotin (1946) died after accidental irradiation of uranium and plutonium during atomic weapons research.
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| Brent Bellamy on Twitter: "One thing I love about Winnipeg is finding treasures like a hidden little park dedicated to Dr. Louis Slotin, near his home. He was a scientist who died |
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| Louis Slotin's Los Alamos badge mugshot, taken sometime while he was working on the Manhattan Project Photo: wikipedia |
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Marie Curie (1934) died of leukemia after exposure for more than 30 years to radioactive materials.
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| Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist in 1931 Stock Photo - Alamy |
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| Marie Curie - the most important women in science |
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Alexander Bogdanov (1928) believed that blood transfusions are the key to eternal youth. He died after receiving blood from a patient with malaria and tuberculosis.
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| Belarussian writer Alexander A Bogdanov Photo: wikipedia |
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