Steven Paul Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, businessman, inventor, and industrial designer.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
KNOW MORE ABOUT THOMAS EDISON
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America’s greatest inventor.
Scientist Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur was a French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.
Inventor Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-Americaninventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.
KNOW MORE ABOUT WERNER HEISENBERG
Werner Karl Heisenberg was born on 5th December 1901 and died on 1st February 1976. He was a German physicist and philosopher who is best known for discovering the way of formulation quantum mechanics in the terms of matrices in 1925.
GET TO KNOW JOHANNES KEPLER- THE SCIENTIST
Johannes Kepler was born on 27th December, 1571 and died on 15th November 1630. He was the German astronomer who was known for discovering three laws of planetary motion. He stated them as-
KNOW MORE ABOUT ERWIN SCHRODINGER
Erwin Schrodinger was born on 12th August, 1887 in Vienna. He liked scientific disciplines right from the school days where he admired the ancient grammar and the beauty of German poetry. He absolutely hated memorizing the books. He served as an artillery officer during the First World War.
WHO WAS ERNEST RUTHERFORD?
Ernest Rutherford was born on 30th August, 1871 and died on 19th October, 1937. He is considered to be the most influential figure in the field of radioactivity.
CHARLES DARWIN- THE BRITISH NATURALIST
Charles Darwin was a Naturalist who was born in England on 2nd February, 1809. He embarked on a journey for five years around the world on the HMS Beagle where his discoveries and observations led him to formulate his theory of evolution along with his views on the natural selection process. He published his book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859 and died in London on 19th April, 1882.
The Greatest Mathematician of the Twentieth Century- Srinivasa Ramanujan
India is the land that gave the world great mathematical concepts such as the decimal system, binary numbers, the concept of zero and so many more. It is also the land that gave birth to great mathematicians such as Aryabhata, Bhaskaracharya and Brahmagupta. While most Indians know about these ancient mathematicians, it is truly surprising that very few Indians are familiar with one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, born in our own India- the incandescent genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.