George Eastman was born on 12 July, 1854, at Waterville in New York, USA. He was an American modernizer and industrialist who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and made up roll film, serving to get photography to the mainstream. In 1888 roll film was also the source for the creation of motion picture film by […]
George De Bothezat was born on 7 June, 1882 in Saint Petersburg. Between 1905 and 1907, he was in an electrotechnical school. In 1914, he became the director of a Polytechnical Institute. In 1915, he brought down on the paper standard bombing tables for Air Force. In 1916, he promoted to the chief of the
Genrich Altshuller (15 October, 1926–24 September, 1998) was a multi-faceted personality because he was a scientist, an engineer as well. In Russian Soviet he was an inventor, a journalist and a great writer as well. His achievement and imprisonment are two contrary points of his life. The main invention he had done is on TRIZ
Galileo Galilei (15 February, 1564–8 January, 1642) played a vital part in the Scientific Revolution for which he received immense admiration. During his college time Galileo decided to go in the medical field. With strong determination he got admitted to the University of Pisa to achieve the medical expertise. Almost 2 years later he started
Frederick Gowland Hopkins was born on 20 June, 1861, at Eastbourne, England. He was a bright schoolboy in several subjects, and was given a first-class in Chemistry in 1874. Later, as a result of an examination at the College of Preceptors, he was given a prize for Science. At the early age of 17, when
Fyodor Abramovich Blinov (1827–1902) born in Russia, was a famous inventor and engineer. He was born in Saint Nicholas village, which falls under Wolski county, in Russia. He was well known as the inventor of the world’s first tracked vehicles which are wagon that ran on continuous track instead the conventional wheels, in 1877. These
Once, a little girl Negi, lived with his grandfather, in a town. One day, Negi woke up early and took the newspaper of that day and went through the headlines of the newspaper. Negi read a news about a forest, in which all the feeding materials of ducks of the lake, in the jungles had
Sir Francis Beaufort was born on 24 May, 1774 in Navan. Daniel Augustus Beaufort was his father who was the member of Royal Irish Academy. Till the age fourteen Francis spent his days in Ireland and Wales. After finishing his school he went for higher studies. But afterward, he became amply self-educated to get associated
Federico Faggin was born on 1 December, 1941. He was an Italian physicist as well as an electrical engineer. He was known for his designing that was related to the first viable microprocessor. He was initiator and CEO of Zilog, the earliest company exclusively committed to microprocessors. He was honoured with the National Medal of
Once, in a pond of a jungle, there lived three frog friends but they were jealous of one another. They daily sat on the bank of the pond and set up a chorus of croaking. The first frog bragged, “I am the chief of the pond.” The second one also said the same, followed by
The father of Nuclear Physics, Ernest Rutherford (30 August, 1871–19 October, 1937) earned recognition in the field of Physics and Chemistry for his model of an atom and the popular Gold Foil Experiment. He discovered Proton and coined the term ‘Artificial Disintegration’, a process by which atomic nucleus was broken down by high-speed alpha particles.
Once, a rabbit named Simu used to go to town school. He was in the ninth class and loved the most beautiful lady of his class. He daily saw her but never purposed his ladylove. Now Simu was in college but still he was afraid to purpose her. When Miss Macdonald asked him what the
Eugen Baumann was born on 12 December, 1846. He was a famous German chemist. He created Polyvinyl Chloride or PVC. Along with his partner Carl Schotten he was successful in discovering the Schotten-Burman reaction, a synthesis of amides from amines and acid chloride. He had completed his education in pharmacy from the University of Tubingen.
Once, a donkey was busy in carrying the load of his master. He was going towards his house. Then a jackal met him on the way. The jackal laughed at him mockingly, “How foolish you are who lives a life like a prisoner. Come with me, we will eat to our heart’s content without doing
Edwin Hubble, an American astronomer was born on 20 November, 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri, United States, and died on 28 September, 1953 in San Marino, California, at 63 years of age. Hubble is known generally for the popular Hubble’s law. With the use of Hooker Telescope, (which was the biggest telescope in the world at that