On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the introduction of dichlorofluoromethane, the first of the CFCs to be used commercially as a refrigerant, this article reviews its discovery by Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889--1944) and later developments necessitated by the deleterious effect of Freons on the ozone layer. Midgley's life and other contributions are also discussed.
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Alan M. Turing
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