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Maria Telkes: Why Google honours her today

Maria Telkes was a pioneering solar energy scientist [File: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division]

Hungarian-American scientist Maria Telkes is known for her contributions to solar energy technologies.

Telkes, who died in 1995, invented the solar distiller as well as the first solar-powered heating system designed for residences.

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