Rudolph Diesel: The Diesel Engine Inventor

Diesel, Rudolph (Christian Karl) (1858–1913) German engineer: devised the compression-ignition internal combustion engine. Born in Pari...

Who Is Made The First Telescope?

It is not clear who made the first telescope. It may well have been LEONARD DIGGES, who probably made a telescope about 1550, with a conv...

Stephen Hawking: British Theoretical Physicist

Stephen William Hawking (born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist: advanced understanding of space-time and space-time sing...

Niels Henrik Abel: Pioneer of Group Theory

Niels Henrik Abel (5 August 1802 – 6 April 1829) was a Norwegian mathematician: pioneer of group theory; proved that no algebraic sol...

Ernst Karl Abbe

Ernst Karl Abbe (23 January 1840 – 14 January 1905) was a German physicist, developer of optical instruments entrepreneur, and social ...