Addison is remembered for his ideas of showing light through containing electricity in bulbs, and the scientists after Addison, have developed much more in the field of electrical appliances, and the pace of innovative-ideas in this behalf keeps on developing stuff to benefit the mankind, and the same is also helping entrepreuners to gain profits.

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However the important thing is he did not patent his vaccine either, and both their discoveries were donated for the benefit of mankind.

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"I had no interest in pure mathematics and wanted to go beyond it and look at a phenomenon which is happening in nature for the benefit of mankind, " says Tulsi on his decision to join IISc.

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Taken together, the pair's work, as the Nobel site's summary explains, represents "knowledge... of the greatest benefit to mankind".

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" In May 2005, China's foreign ministry spokesman Kong Quan told an audience, "Space is our shared treasure which should be used for the benefit of all mankind.

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