Auspicious signs begin to emerge when a special child is born. That special child, who was destined to become father of missiles, grew up in the laps of his parents. His father would kiss him with great affection, look at the blue sky and thank God to have blessed him with a special child—thinking that […]
The place, which has been the hub of everlasting renown ever since the period of ‘Treta’ (the second Yuga, the silver age of Hindu mythology), is the most charming Rameswaram, which is at quite a distance from the seashore. During the Ramayana period, this place was further away from Kishkindha town, from where Lord Rama
Bishop Milton Wright and Susan Catharine Wright had four sons, Reuchlin, Lorin, Wilbur, and Orville, and one daughter Katharine. Wilbur, their third son, was born on April 16, 1867, while Orville (1871-1948) was born at 7 Dayton. The Wright household was a stimulating place for the children. Orville wrote of his childhood—“We were lucky enough
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen was born on March 27, 1845, at Lennep in Germany.When he was three years old, his family moved to Apeldoorn in The Netherlands, where he went to the Institute of Martinus Herman van Doorn, a boarding school. He did not show any special aptitude, but showed a love of nature and was
William Harvey undertook groundbreaking research into the circulation of the blood and the function of the heart—research that was funded by royal patron King James I. Harvey dispelled the contemporary belief that blood was propelled through the body by a pulsing action in the arteries; instead, he argued, the heart was at the centre of
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai was born at Ahmedabad in an affluent family of progressive industrialists. He had his early education in a private school. Here atmosphere injected into the young boy the seeds of scientific curiosity, ingenuity and creativity.From this school he proceeded to Cambridge for his college education and took the tripods degree from St.
This American inventor was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Edison, Jr. and Nancy Elliot Edison. When Edison was 7 years old, his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan.Edison entered school in Port Huron, but his teachers considered him to be a dull student.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar October 19, 1910 – August 21, 1995, was an Indian-American physicist, astro-physicist and mathematician, known to the world as Chandra, who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics.He was one of the more distinguished of the ten children of CS Iyer who was a senior Railway official in pre-Independence India, an accom-plished
Satyendranath Bose was born on 1January 1894 in Calcutta to Surendranath and Amodini Devi.Satyendranath began his education at an elementary school in Calcutta before entering the Hindu School in 1907. It was here that his interest in mathematics and science began.He began his studies at Presidency College, Calcutta, in 1909 where he had a brilliant
Prof. Dhawan was born on 25th September, 1920 in a distinguished family. His father was a high-ranking civil servant of undivided India and retired as the Resettlement Commissioner of Government of India at the time of partition.He graduated from the University of Punjab with an unusual combination of degrees: BA in Mathematics and Physics, MA
On May 18, 1974, India tested its first nuclear device in the Pokhran desert in Rajasthan. The credit for this achievement goes to Raja Ramanna and his colleagues, as also to Bhabha, who laid the foundation for the country’s nuclear programme. This was, however, not Ramanna’s first success. He was also the man mainly responsible
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (31 March 1811–16 August 1899) was a German chemist. He perfected the burner that was named after him, invented by British physicist Michael Faraday, and worked on emission spectroscopy of heated elements.After attending school in Holzminden, he studied chemistry at the University of Goettingen. He received his doctorate at 19 and then,
Robert Hooke (18th July 1635—3rd March 1703) was a Fellow of the Royal Society, Architect, Surveyor, Astro-nomer, Scientist, Inventor, Musician, Mechanic, Professor of Geometry, Philosopher, Linguist.Hooke was involved in a wide variety of scientific endeavours, he was a member of a circle of the greatest scientists of the seventeenth century, but despite a list of
Robert Boyle (January 25, 1627 – December 30, 1692) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, noted for his work in physics and chemistry. Although his research and personal philosophy clearly has its roots in the alchemical tradition, he is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist. Among his works The Sceptical Chymist is seen as
Pythagoras, one of the most famous and controversial ancient Greek philosophers, lived from 570 to 490 BC. He spent his early years on the island of Samos, off the coast of modern Turkey. At the age of forty, however, he emigrated to the city of Croton in southern Italy and most of his philosophical activity