Untrue Facts About Women You Probably Believe

I saw that people trying to synthesize gold and silver were working in ignorance and by false methods; I then perceived that they belonged to two classes the dupers and the duped. I pitied both of them. ~ Geber c. 712 – c. 815 AD

Biology is the study of the complex things in the Universe. Physics is the study of the simple ones. ~ Richard Dawkins 1941 – present - Evolutionary Biologist

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Ali Kashmiri ibn Luqman (fl.1589–1590) Mughal India – seamless globe and celestial globe.

Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973–1025) Japan – psychological novel.

Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921–2003) Russia – first space exploration rover (Lunokhod).

Alexander Bereznyak (1912–1974) Russia – first rocket-powered fighter aircraft BI-1 (together with Isaev).

Federico Faggin (born 1941) Italy – microprocessor.

Anastase Dragomir (1896–1966) Romania – Ejection seat.

Archibald Low (1882–1956) Britain – Pioneer of radio guidance systems.

Alexander Chizhevsky (1897–1964) Russia – air ionizer.

Teiji Takada Japan – Fire balloon.

Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801–1887) Netherlands – cocoa powder cacao butter chocolate milk.

Adolphe Kégresse (1879–1943) France/Russia – Kégresse track (first half-track and first off-road vehicle with continuous track) dual clutch transmission.

Leonard Bocour (1910–1993) together with Sam Golden (1915–1997) USA – Acrylic paint.

Ruth R. Benerito (1916–2013) USA – a.o. Permanent press (no-iron clothing).

Edwin Beard Budding (1795–1846) UK – lawnmower.

Sidney Rosenthal (1907–1979) USA – Magic Marker.

Norman Joseph Woodland (1921–2012) together with Bernard Silver (1924–1963) USA – Barcode.

Robert N. Hall (born 1919) USA – a.o. Semiconductor laser.

Alexey Pajitnov (born 1956) Russia/USA – Tetris.

Charles Francis Richter (1900–1985) USA – Richter magnitude scale.

Kalman Tihanyi (1897–1947) Hungary – co-inventor of cathode ray tube and iconoscope.

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Brilliant Quotes By Famous And Awesome Scientists!
All increasing or dominant species (and it is from these that new species arise) vary considerably in all their parts organs and faculties in every generation. ~ Alfred Russel Wallace 1823 to 1913 - Zoologist Evolutionary Biologist

Biology is the study of the complex things in the Universe. Physics is the study of the simple ones. ~ Richard Dawkins 1941 – present - Evolutionary Biologist

Although the alternate ‘wax and wane’ cycles are the rule rather than the exception in all fields of human endeavor in that of biological sciences the ‘wane’ is all too often indicative of a justified loss of faith in the rational and methodical approach that had at first raised so much hope. ~ Rita Levi-Montalcini 1909 to 2012 Neurobiologist

Suppose we have an unknown number of objects. When counted in threes 2 are left over when counted in fives 3 are left over and when counted in sevens 2 are left over. How many objects are there? ~ Sunzi The Mathematical Classic of Sunzi - Chinese mathematics problem from c. 450 AD

Progress is made by trial and failure; the failures are generally a hundred times more numerous than the successes ; yet they are usually left unchronicled. - William Ramsay 1852 to 1916 Chemist

Before the Copernican revolution it was natural to suppose that God’s purposes were specifically concerned with the earth but now this has become an unplausible hypothesis. If it is the purpose of the Cosmos to evolve mind we must regard it as rather incompetent in having produced so little in such a long time. ~ Bertrand Russell 1872 – 1970 - Mathematician and Philosopher

The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time. - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 1910 to 1995 Astrophysicist

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