Aryabhata (476-550) is the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in Kerala but later lived in Kusumapura, which his commentator Bhaskara I (629 AD) identifies with Pataliputra (modern Patna).His book, the Aryabhatiya, presented astronomical and mathematical theories in which the Earth was taken to bespinning on its […]
Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdin Adbul Kalam, the twelfth President of India, is rightfully termed as the father of India’s missile technology.He was born to parents Jainulabdin Marakayar and Ashiamma on 15th October, 1931, at Dhanushkodi in Rameshwaram district, Tamil Nadu.Dr. Kalam as an eminent Aeronautical Engineer, contributed for the development of India’s first Satellite Launch
Albert Einstein was born at Ulm in Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich and he began his schooling there. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in
Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Scotland. His mother, who was deaf, was a musician and a painter. His father, who taught deaf people how to speak, invented ‘Visible Speech’. This was a code that showed how the tongue, lips, and throat were positioned to make speech sounds. Graham was interested
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833.In his early years of study, Alfred took interest in chemistry. But later in Paris he met Ascanio Sobrero who had developed a highly explosive liquid called nitroglycerin.In 1859 Alfred and his brother Emil created a factory in order to gain more informationabout nitroglycerin through
If we take a look at the list of his inventions one shall wonder if Edison had time for anything else in his life. He was himself an invention making machine, it would appear.Media related invention.Chemistry related inventions.PhysicsElectrical inventionsEngineering inventions.Edison delivered in all the five main wings of science. Following are the names of Edison’s
Edison believed in independence of thought. He was very impressed with the book Age of Reason written by Thomas Penn. About it Edison wrote, “Penn is supposed to be a believer but infact he was not. Penn believed in the highest talent or attribute that ordinary folk define as God or Deity.”In a October 2,
Few are born in this world to accomplish a task destiny has scripted for them or they script their destiny. They know they are not born just to go one day unsung and unremembered. The characters like Thomas Alva Edison arrive in this world empty handed like others but leave behind a treasure of their
Although it is almost impossible to translate the great life of Edison in words because his real character ever lived inside the creative and inventive centre of his mind, too busy to show itself to the mundane world. A person’s life is not a catalogue of his physical acts, gains and losses. The larger part
When Edison and Duckson invented Kinetoscope for watching a moving film in mid 1890s then the former had founded ‘American Motion Picture Industry’. It was his great misfortune that he had no personal involvement in the industries that were making it big on his inventions and innovations. And in the products his name was not
The year of 1878 proved a bonus for Edison with two stellar achievements in his name. He unveiled two of his new inventions; one was electric power that would lead to creation of the electric bulb displacing the use of the gas light. But it needed a great financial support to carry on the related
By the end of 1875 Thomas Alva Edison had to buy land in the rural belt of Menlo Park, New Jersey. The landlord of Bank Street house, Newark where he had his lab had filed a suit against Edison. In Menlo Park the construction work was overseen by Samuel Edison, the father of Thomas Alva
It is true that Edison did not invent anything directly for the benefit of the present day world. The reason is simple, he was born 161 years back and more than 88 years have gone by since he died. Still in the field of inventions and research the name of Thomas Edison shines bright. By
In 1867 after getting dismissed from Western Union, Thomas Edison had made up his mind to invest his total time and efforts in research work and inventions. After patenting Vote Recorder Machine he had enough reason to believe in himself. But young Thomas was yet to set up his own research lab. He had only
The father of Thomas Alva Edison was born on August 16, 1804 in Nova Scottia. Samuel Augden Edison (Junior) was his name. Samuel was born in a lower middle class family and hence to make something of his life he had to struggle hard and long. For this very reason the Edison family had to