David Brewster
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"Sir David Brewster" Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order/KH President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh/PRSE Fellow of the Royal Society of London/FRS Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland/FSA(Scot) Fellow of the Scottish Society of Arts/FSSA Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers/MICE (11 December 1781 – 10 February 1868) was a Scotland/Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer, historian of science and Principal (academia)/university principal.

Most noted for his contributions to the field of optics, he studied the double refraction by compression and discovered the photoelastic effect, which gave birth to the field of optical mineralogy. For his work, William Whewell dubbed him the "Father of modern experimental optics" and "the Johannes Kepler of Optics."

He is well-recognized for being the inventor of the kaleidoscope and an improved version of the stereoscope applied to photography. He called it the "lenticular stereoscope", which was the first portable, Stereoscopy/3D viewing device. He also invented the binocular camera, two types of polarimeters, the polyzonal lens and the lighthouse illuminator.

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I think he would be really proud to be the guy who showed the door to the Sonics -- this would validate his speak-truth-to-power kind of politics. This is the kind of issue that Nick was put on the earth to fight.