A Scottish mathematician and physicist, James Clerk Maxwell (13 June, 1831–5 November, 1879) is well known for inventing the Electromagnetic theory. He went to the Edinburg University where he discovered Photoelasticty before moving to the University of Cambridge. There, he worked under William Hopkins who was a popular mathematician and geologist in that era. His […]
Jacques E. Brandenberger (19 October, 1872–13 July, 1954) invented cellophane in 1908. Cellophane was used to forbid stains as well as for different parts of eye shells and gas marks. He was a chemist and textile engineer by profession. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Berne in 1895. After so many
Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose was well known for the discovery of Crescograph which is the first device to measure growth in plants. Jagdish Chandra Bose was born on 30 November, 1858 in Bikarampur, near Dhaka district in Bangladesh. He was an archaeologist, botanist, biologist, science-writer and physicist. He was also known as the ‘Father of
J Stuart Blackton (5 January, 1875–13 August, 1941) was the famous film producer of the silent era of Anglo-Americans. He was one of the first filmmakers who used the techniques like stop motion and some animations on the pictures. He is known by the name of the Father of American in the field of animations.
Hubert Cecil Booth, born in Gloucester on 4 July, 1871, was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who in 1901 invented the vacuum cleaner. This was the very same year that he formed a consultancy for engineering. In the year 1903, he founded the British Vacuum Cleaner Company. Compressed air was used to clean
Howard Aiken was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on 8 March, 1900. During his schooling period he began work as a switchboard operator. After the completion of high school in 1918, he received his bachelor is degree from University of Wisconsin. In 1923, he became a professor at the University of Miami. He received his
Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe (3 October, 1872–16 May, 1931) was a known German scientist plus inventor of submarine gyrocompasses. He worked really hard in the field of high sea navigations. He mainly focused to keep the reliability of the sea level by measuring the height and depth through his invention of the devices named gyrocompasses. Hermann was
Once, a big fair had been organized in the village. All the villagers and the children were very excited. The elders wanted to see the big games and the children ran to enjoy the different rides. But nobody came to the donkey man for rides. Sohan, the donkey man was sad. ‘Alas! I am not
Once, there was a jackdaw who used to go to a nearby jungle school. In the school many doves also read there. They looked very beautiful with white colour, so the jackdaw became envious of them. One day, as he was flying over the fields, he saw a big colony of doves feeding over grains.
Once, in a jungle all the animals were very anxious because many animals of the other jungle had entered there and used to harm other animals. So the anxious animals decided to choose a king of the jungle who could be able to take a quick decision and could rule the jungle. So all animals
Once, there was a lion named Bubber who lived in a dense jungle. But he was idle, so he didn’t want to do any work. He wanted other animals to bring his food. There was a squirrel named Chimpoo who used to work for Bubber. He was a dedicated worker and finished all his tasks
Hargobind Khorana (9 January, 1922–9 November, 2011) was an Indian by birth and an American by domicile. He was awarded Nobel Prize for Medicine with two others in 1968. He was born in Raipur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). He did his M.Sc. in Chemistry from Punjab University and got a Doctorate in the subject from
Gregor Johann Mendel (20 July, 1822–6 January, 1884) was a scientist from Austria who achieved the title of being the founder of genetics science. Mendel propagated that there is a particular kind of pattern that is followed by the pea plants by which they get their inherent characteristics. Later this theory came to be known
An American biochemist and pharmacologist, receiver of the 1988 Nobel prize in Physiology, Gertrude Belle Elion (23 January, 1918–21 February, 1999) has made noteworthy contributions to the medical world. Her involvement in cancer research was due to the death of her grandfather to cancer. Along with the research for cancer drugs, she has also been
Once, there lived a herd of foxes in the jungle. Among them, a fox named Taby had a very beautiful tail and he was very proud of his tail. One day he went to the nearby pond to drink water but unfortunately a crocodile grabbed his beautiful tail. Anyhow he escaped from there but lost