Better known as ‘The Father of Video Games’, Ralph H. Baer was born in Germany on 8 March, 1922. Ralph had a difficult childhood and had to face difficulties due to his Jewish origin. He was expelled from school and had to migrate to America where he underwent self-schooling. With sheer hard work and enthusiasm […]
Philip H. Diehl was a German-American engineer and inventor who seized a number of U.S. patents, together with electric incandescent lamps, electric motors for sewing machines, other uses and ceiling fans. He was born on 29 January, 1847 in Germany. Diehl gave tough competition to Thomas Edison and his inventions caused Edison to decrease the
Paul Ehrlich is an educator and biologist from America, born on 29 May, 1932. At Stanford University’s Biological Sciences Department for Population Studies he was a Bing Professor, and at the Centre for Conservation Biology at Stanford, he had set precedence as President. He was a well-known ecologist, entomologist as well as a demographer. He
The Father of Nuclear Chemistry, Otto Hahn (8 March, 1879–28 July, 1968) had made vast contributions to the fields of radioactivity and radio chemistry. Although he was a German chemist, yet he was a staunch opponent of the suppression of the Jews by the Nazis. After presiding over the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, he also headed
Otto Titusz Blathy (1860–1939) was a very well-known electrical engineer born in Hungary to a very wealthy family. He was well known for his outstanding inventions which he had undertaken throughout his whole life. He was a co-inventor of the transformer, developed in cooperation with his other colleges, Karoly Zipernowsky and Miksa Deri. The transformers
Oleg Antonov born on 7 February, 1906, was a famous Soviet aeroplane designer and the founder of the world-known aircraft company, Antonov ASTC. He had created many important aircraft in his lifetime, some of which had played important roles during the Second World War. His best awarded designed aerpolane was the A-7 which fetched him
Nils I Bohlin was born in Sweden on 17 July, 1920. He was a very famous Sweden inventor well known for inventing three-point seat belts. He came up with this idea while he was working at Volvo. He had his diploma degree as a mechanical engineer from Harnosand Laroverk in 1939. He first worked as
Nikolay Benardos was born on 1842 in the Kherson state in family with armed force tradition. He was a Russian. At Kiev University he did his studies. In 1862, he connected with the staff of Medicine of Kiev University by recommendation from his father. In the year 1885, he invented welder. The welder is a
Nikolay Basov (14 December, 1922–1 July, 2001) was a famous Soviet educator and physicist. He is well known for his elementary work in quantum electronics. He won the Nobel Prize in the year 1964 for the development of laser and maser. His co-partners were Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes. He completed his graduation from
Nikola Tesla (10 July, 1856–7 January, 1943) who is considered as the Father of modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system, was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer as well as a physicist. His discovery in the field of electromagnetism provided a basis for Michael Faraday to work on his discoveries of wireless communication and radio.
Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Thorn, Poland, on 19 February, 1473 and has been marked for being a Renaissance astronomer. He was known for the formulation of the complete heliocentric cosmology, which was in context to the movement of earth from its central position of the universe. He had even designed the heliocentric model whereby
Nicolaus August Otto was born on 14 June, 1832 in Holzhausen, Germany. He is credited with the invention of the modern engine. He built the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine called the ‘Otto Cycle Engine’. He built it into a motorcycle when he completed his engine. His first job was a travelling salesman. Soon
Nicolas Appert was famous for his invention of airtight food preservation system. He was famously known as the Father of the canning. A confectioner and a chef by profession in Paris, he was born on 17 November, 1749. He began his experiments with all kinds of food preservatives. Finally after 14-15 years, he succeeded. He
Nick Holonyak, Jr. was born on 3 November, 1928 in Zeigler, Illinois. In 1962, he invented the first practically helpful noticeable LED during the working as a consulting scientist at a General Electric Company laboratory in Syracuse, New York. He has been called ‘the Father of the light-emitting diode’. The advisor of Nick Holonyak was
Neils Henrik David Bohr, popularly known as Neils Bohr, was born on 7 October, 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark. His contributions included understanding the foundations of quantum mechanics and atomic structure, the former also earning him Nobel Prize in the year 1922. In 1926, he was also awarded with the coveted Franklin Medal for his brilliant