Neil Arnott (1788-1874) was a popular Scottish physician. He completed his graduation from the University of Aberdeen. At the age of nineteen, he was appointed as a full-time working surgeon. He provided his service to the British East India Company and made two voyages to China. Within a short period of time he became well […]
Muhammad Ibn Jabir Al-Harrani Al-Battani (850 AD–923 AD) was nicknamed as Albatenius. He was a famous Muslim astronomer, astrologer and mathematician. He invented a number of trigonometric relations. His greatest achievement was to determine the solar year. He found out that it has 365 days, 5 hours, 46 minutes and 24 seconds. The new tables
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was born on 10 November, 1919. He was a Russian arms designer who designed various types of small arms. His very famous designs are the AK-47, AKM and AK-74 assault rifles, Mikhail Kalashnikov was two times named as ‘Hero of Socialist Labour’. He was awarded an Order of Saint Andrew the Protoclete
Michael Faraday (22 September, 1791–25 August, 1867) is remembered for his achievements in the fields of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. This English scientist discovered electrolysis, electromagnetic induction, etc. He had a Civil Law degree from Oxford University to his credit. His discovery of magnetic field and a direct current conductor is considered very vital in Physics.
Max Von Laue was born on October 9, 1879 at Pfaffendorf, near Koblenz. He was the son of Julius von Laue, an official in the German military administration. At the Protestant school at Strassburg he came under the influence of Professor Goering, who introduced him to the exact sciences. In 1898 he left school. For
Since his birth Max Planck (23 April, 1858–4 October, 1947) had a passion for music. There were a number of musical instruments that he seemed to have simply mastered upon. But when it came to choosing a profession, he chose Physics and went on to become a leading German Theoretical physicist. He got his Doctorate
The winner of Nobel Prize of Physics in the year 1903 along with Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911, Marie Curie (7 November, 1867–4 July, 1934) was brought up in Warsaw, Poland. Her forte was not one but multiple fields. Marie Curie coined the term ‘radioactivity’ and discovered Polonium and Radium, both of which are
Marcian Edward was born on 28 October, 1937 in Rochester, New York. He is also one of the main inventors of the microprocessor. Hoff joined Intel in 1967 as an employee although the whole credit goes to Mr. Federico Faggin to design individually silicon-gate design methodology. He did the actual chip design. Marcian Edward came
Luis W. Alvarez (13 June, 1911–1 September, 1988) was an American experimental physicist, won Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 1968 for his work which eventually came to be known as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). In his early career, he worked in the fields of optics and cosmic rays simultaneously. He co-discovered the ‘East-West
A French blind student who made the learning for blinds effective was born on 4 January, 1809. As a student, he studied the books of Valentin Huay who embossed Latin letters on heavy paper. As this created only small information to be filled in heavy uneven books, Louis Braille took inspiration from the captain of
Lev Artsimovich was born on 25 February, 1909. He was a famous Soviet physicist. Along with this he was an academician and renowned member of the presidium of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. He became the hero of the Socialist Labour in 1969. His field of work was plasma Physics and nuclear fusion. He worked
Lloyd Groff Copeman was born on 28 December, 1881. He was a creative American inventor who invented the first electric stove and the flexible rubber ice cube tray, among other products. He studied engineering from the former Michigan Agricultural College, now has become Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Even if he is not
Leo Hendrik Baekeland, born in Belgium on 14 November, 1863, was one of the most revolutionary chemists of all time. Soon after his birth, Leo Hendrik Baekeland immigrated to the United States where he studied Chemistry for some years before inventing two of the most useful things for mankind, the Velox photographic paper and Bakelite.
Laszlo Biro (29 September, 1899–24 October, 1985) brought about a revolution in the field of education. He is an inventor of the ball-point pen. Modern technologies are changing the world all around but a few like this are really no less than revolutions. He proposed a new design to the pen and brought many changes
Once, a rabbit built a fantastic warren. He designed it so well that even a flood that destroyed the entire forest, could not harm his warren. Soon, one after another, the homeless animals came to his door, asking if they could spend the winter with him, in his warren. He provided shelter to all the