Famous Scientists and Their Inventions
The following article will cover a few names of the famous scientists long with their inventions that changed the world forever.
There have been a number of famous scientists and their discoveries have
helped in making the world a better place. They have dedicated their
entire life in search of their inventions and discoveries that helped
making life easier for fellow humans.
Renowned Scientists and Their Discoveries
Just imagine where would our lives be without the tube lights, bulbs,
mobile phones, television, refrigerator, washing machines even the plain
old stapler! These are the brainchild of some of the never-say give up
scientists, who became famous due to their inventions. These scientists
tried many times before they hit jackpot. And for some, they struck gold
by accident. These well-known scientists and their inventions have
helped changed the world and bought forward a revolution that made our
lives easy.
| Famous Scientists |
Life Period |
Inventions |
| Archimedes |
287-212 BC |
Archimedean principle, famous theory of buoyancy and many mathematical and mechanical discoveries. |
| Heinrich Hertz |
1857-1894 |
Electromagnetic theory of light and electromagnetic waves. |
| Andre Marie Ampere |
1775-1836 |
Unit of measurement to measure electric current |
| Amedeo Avogadro |
1776-1856 |
Avogadro's Law, that is, "equal volumes of different gases, pressure
and temperature being equal, contain the same number of molecules". |
| Neils Hendrik David Bohr |
1885-1962 |
Bohr Model of Atom |
| Johannes Gutenberg |
398-1468 |
Letterpress printing press also known as mechanical printing press. |
| Albert Einstein |
1879-1955 |
Theory of Relativity, photoelectric effect and lots more |
| Rudolf Diesel |
1858-1913 |
Combustion engine. |
| Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen |
1845-1923 |
X-ray |
| Karl Friedrich von Drais |
1785-1851 |
Bicycle |
| Peter Henlein |
1479-1542 |
Pocket Watch |
| Ferdinand Verbiest |
1623-1688 |
Verbiest invented the first ever car. |
| Graham Bell |
1847-1922 |
Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone. |
| Philipp Reis |
1834-1874 |
Reis is known for the early invention of telephone |
| John Logie Baird |
1888-1946 |
John Logie Baird invented the television. |
| Werner von Siemens |
1816-1892 |
Dynamo |
| Hans von Ohain |
1911-1998 |
Jet engine |
| Artur Fischer |
1919 |
Fischertechnik |
| Felix Hoffmann |
1868-1946 |
Aspirin |
| Hugo Junkers |
1859-1935 |
Civilian avion |
| Otto Lilienthal |
1848-1896 |
Gliding flights |
| Melitta Bentz |
1873-1950 |
Coffee Filter |
| Konrad Zuse |
1910-1995 |
First 'working' computer. |
| Gottlieb Daimler |
1834-1900 |
Automobile and internal combustion machine |
| Robert Koch |
1843-1910 |
Isolation of Bacillus anthracis, tuberculosis bacteria and Vibrio cholerae. Also known for his Koch's postulates. |
| Karlheinz Brandenburg |
1954 |
MP3 Technology |
| Heinrich Gobel |
1818-1893 |
Incandescent light bulb |
| Samuel Hahnemann |
1755-1843 |
Creation of alternative medicine practice called Homeopathy |
| Heinrich Focke |
1890-1979 |
Helicopter |
| Levi Strauss |
1829-1902 |
Jeans |
| Otto Hahn |
1879-1968 |
Nuclear fission and known as the 'father of nuclear chemistry'. |
| Julius Lothar Meyer |
1830-1895 |
First person to draw the periodic table of chemical elements |
| Emil Berliner |
1851-1929 |
Record Player |
| Rudolf Hell |
1901-2002 |
Formulated technology for Scanner and Fax |
| Fritz Pfleumer |
1881-1945 |
Audio tape |
| Thomas Edison |
1847-1931 |
Electric light bulb. |
| Elias Howe |
1819-1867 |
Sewing machine |
| Laszlo Jozsef Bíro |
1899-1985 |
Ballpoint pen |
| Garrett Augustus Morgan |
1877-1963 |
Traffic signal, respiratory protective mask (gas mask), hair straightening preparation. |
| Samuel F. B. Morse |
1791-1872 |
Telegraph invention |
| Percy Spencer |
1894-1970 |
Microwave oven |
Orville Wright,
Wilbur Wright |
1871-1948, 1867-1912 |
Airplane invention |
| Benjamin Franklin |
1706-1790 |
One of the founding fathers of America, Franklin is attributed to have invented electricity |
| Michael Faraday |
1791-1867 |
Faraday the discovered electromagnetic induction, laws of
electrolysis, found the fundamental relations between light and
magnetism as well as discovered a new compound of carbon and two new
chlorides of carbon. |
| Nikola Tesla |
1856-1943 |
He was a pioneer in the field of high-tension electricity. He
invented the Tesla induction motor, the Tesla coil, a system for
wireless communication as well as system that will help conduct
electricity without wires. |
| William Henry Perkin |
1838-1907 |
He was the first English chemist to produce a synthetic dye, mauve. |
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These scientists and inventors have made a huge difference in the world of science with their priceless contributions.
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