Guglielmo Marconi was born at Bologna, Italy, on April 25, 1874. He was educated privately at Bologna, Florence and Leghorn. Even as a boy he took a keen interest in physical and electrical science and studied the works of Maxwell, Hertz, Righi, Lodge and others. In 1895 he began laboratory experiments at his father’s country […]
Mendel was born on July 20, 1822 to a German-speaking family of Heinzendorf, Moravia, Austrian Empire (now in Czech Republic). During his childhood Mendel worked as a gardener, and as a young man attended the Philosophical Institute in Olomouc. In 1843 he entered the Augustinian Abbey of St. Thomas in Brno. Born Johann Mendel, he
Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy. Galileo pioneered ‘experimental scientific method’ and was the first to use a refracting telescope to make important astronomical discoveries.In 1609 Galileo learned of the invention of the telescope in Holland. From the barest description he constructed a vastly superior model. Galileo made a series
Euclid is one of the most influential and best read mathematician of all time. His prize work, Elements, was the textbook of elementary geometry and logic up to the early twentieth century. For his work in the field, he is known as the father of geometry and is considered one of the great Greek mathematicians.Very
Ernest Rutherford was born on August 30, 1871, in Nelson, New Zealand, the fourth child and second son in a family of seven sons and five daughters.Ernest received his early education in Government schools and at the age of 16 entered Nelson Collegiate School. In 1889 he was awarded a University scholarship and he proceeded
This Italian mathematician and physicist, born at Faenza on 15 October, 1608.Torricelli was educated at the Jesuit college of Faenza, where he showed such great aptitude for the sciences that his uncle sent him to Rome in 1626 for the purpose of study. There he fell in with Castelli, the favourite pupil of Galileo, who
Enrico Fermi was born in Rome on 29th September, 1901, the son of Alberto Fermi. He attended a local grammar school, and his early aptitude for mathematics and physics was recognized and encouraged by his father’s colleagues. In 1918, he won a fellowship of the ScuolaNormale Superiore of Pisa. He spent four years at the
Edward Jenner was born in 1749 and died in 1823. Edward Jenner’s great gift to the world was his vaccination for smallpox. This disease was greatly feared at the time as it killed one in three of those who caught it and badly disfigured those who were lucky enough to survive catching it.Edward Jenner was
The youngest, of at least, fourteen children, Dimitri Ivanovitch Mendeleev was born at Tobolsk, Siberia, on 7 February, 1834. His father, Ivan, was the director of the local gymnasium, and his mother, Marya, came from a family that had introduced glass and paper making to Siberia. Ivan diedwhen Dimitri was quite young and Marya had
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born on November 7, 1888. His father was a lecturer in mathematics and physics so that from the very childhood he was immersed in an academic atmosphere. He entered Presidency College, Madras, in 1902, and in 1904 passed his B.A. examination, winning the first place and the gold medal inphysics; in
Christian Huygens was born at the Hague on April 14, 1629, and died there on July 8, 1695.In 1654, his attention was directed to the improvement of the telescope. Together with his brother, Christian Huygens devised a new and better way of grinding and polishing lenses. As a result of theseimprovements, Huygens was able during
Sir Benjamin Thompson alias Count Rumford was born on March 26, 1753.Perhaps it was John Fowle, the Harvard educated village teacher who first noticed signs of talent in young Thompson—his skill with mechanical devices, his almost faultless command of language and grammar before his thirteenth year. These skills laterwon him the right, along with friend
Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. Darwin was the British naturalist who became famous for his theories of evolution and natural selection. Like several scientists before him, Darwin believed all the life on earth evolved over millions of years from a few common ancestors.From 1831 to 1836 Darwin served
Blaise Pascal was born at Clermont on June 19, 1623. His father moved to Paris in 1631, partly to prosecute his own scientific studies, partly to carry on the education of his only son, who had already displayed exceptional ability.His father, struck by his display of ability, gave him a copy of Euclid’s Elements, a
Birbal Sahni was born on November 14, 1891, at Bhera (Punjab) now in Pakistan. His father was a chemistry teacher who was interested in the study of nature. During vacations the older Sahni used to take the boy on treks in the mountains. Together they used to collect rocks, plants and fossil-bearing rocks. The young