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Disassemble and reassemble a small gasoline engine. Pistons, valves, crankshaft, carburetor, ignition. You will understand the four-stroke cycle by touching every part. I built my first engine on the kitchen table. Clara held the fuel line.

Henry Ford

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One-on-one. Bring me your workflow -- manufacturing, service, office, anything. I will find the waste. Every process has value-adding steps and non-value-adding steps. Eliminate the latter. At Highland Park, chassis assembly went from 12 hours 28 minutes to 1 hour 33 minutes.

Henry Ford

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I started with $1.50 and a problem. I will teach you how to identify a market need from personal experience, develop a product, build a sales force, and scale without outside investment. No venture capital. No bank loans. Sweat equity and reinvestment. The Walker method for business.

Madam C.J. Walker

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Hands-on session. Test the strength of different fibers: nylon, polyester, aramid (Kevlar), carbon fiber, silk. Measure tensile strength, stretch, and failure modes. Understand why Kevlar stops a bullet but scissors cut it. Material properties are not obvious -- you must test them.

Stephanie Kwolek

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One-on-one. I took a temporary job and stayed 40 years. My biggest discovery came from a failed experiment. I will help you navigate a science career: when to persist, when to pivot, how to recognize the unexpected as opportunity, and how to get your work recognized in a field that often overlooks women.

Stephanie Kwolek

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Build a physical model of DNA double helix from molecular components. Bases, sugars, phosphates -- snap them together and see why the structure works. Watson and Crick built a model like this. But their model was correct only because my data showed them the dimensions, the symmetry, and the backbone orientation.

Rosalind Franklin

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One-on-one mentoring. My work was used without my knowledge. My contribution was minimized for decades. I will teach you how to protect your intellectual contribution: documentation, publication timing, co-authorship agreements, and when to speak up. The work is everything, but credit matters too.

Rosalind Franklin

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Small group (max 5). I will teach you to write about science with beauty and precision. Observe a tide pool, a meadow, a single tree -- then write what you see so that readers feel it. The Sea Around Us sold two million copies because people could taste the salt. Accuracy and poetry are not enemies.

Rachel Louise Carson

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A guided walk through any natural area. I will teach you to read the ecosystem: what eats what, who pollinates whom, where the water flows, why certain plants grow in certain spots. Every landscape tells a story of interconnection. Once you see it, you cannot unsee it.

Rachel Louise Carson

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Clear observation containers, pH strips, salinity meter, waterproof ID cards for intertidal species, and a guide to tide pool ecology. The tide pool is a complete world in miniature. Everything connects. Disturb one species and watch the cascade. This is what Silent Spring was about -- scaled up to continents.

Rachel Louise Carson

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One-on-one session. I held 355 patents in multiple countries. I will teach you patent strategy: what to patent, where to file, how to create a patent portfolio that protects your business, and how to license effectively. A single patent is a shield. A portfolio is a fortress.

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

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In 1861, I produced the first color photograph by combining three black-and-white photos taken through red, green, and blue filters. I will demonstrate the principle. Every screen you look at uses this method. RGB. Three colors make a world. Includes hands-on experiments with color mixing and filters.

James Clerk Maxwell

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