Valerie Thomas

Valerie L. Thomas is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program.

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Who was born first?

• Valerie Thomas and Nolan Bushnell were born the same year
• Valerie Thomas and Bobby Fischer were born the same year
• Valerie Thomas and Burt Rutan were born the same year
• Valerie Thomas and Rashid Sunyaev were born the same year
• Valerie Thomas and Charles P. Thacker were born the same year

Timeline

1. Bobby FischerMarch 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008
2. Burt RutanJune 17, 1943 – present
3. Charles P. ThackerFebruary 26, 1943 – June 12, 2017
4. Nolan BushnellFebruary 5, 1943 – present
5. Rashid SunyaevMarch 1, 1943 – present
6. Valerie Thomas (this page)February 8, 1943 – present

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