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World’s five fantastic scientists
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Although there are many scientists who have contributed a lot to science, I am discussing about five of them who were the most influential scientists of human history!
1) Issac Newton (1643-1727): He has remained the most influential yet controversial scientist of all the times. He was the man who had laid the foundation of modern day’s physics and mathematics. He had discovered gravity and invented Calculus. What we learn today in these subjects are purely the outcomes of Newton’s work. He is the inventor of Newtonion mechanics. His contributions for mathematics and physics are really remarkable!
2) Albert Einstein (1879-1955): Albert Einstein is rather great man of values other than a curious scientist. He was not a very good student but he became a great scientist by his incredible work. He had received ‘Nobel Prize in Physics’ in 1921 especially for the discovery of photoelectric effect. His special theory of relativity was his major contribution to modern physics. His contributions in physics are broad. He had explained Brownian movement and wave theory of particles. His absolute laws for mass and energy has changed the whole concept of the matter.
3) Nikola Tesla (1856-1943): He was one of the most intelligent scientists ever known. You would be amazed to know that he was college dropout. He was addicted to gambling and thus lost all his money including his fees to gambling. Later he didn’t get time to study and thus dropped out in the last semester. He has started doing his remarkable work with Edison. Once Tesla told Edison that he could redesign Edison’s inefficient motors and generators to which Edison challenged him if he could do it, Edison would pay him fifty thousand dollars. Tesla completed the task but Edison was unable to pay such a sum of money together. Tesla left and after some years developed “Induction motor” which was truly the most important inventions of him.
4) Galileo Galilei (1564-1642): He is considered as the “father of modern observational astronomy”, the “father of science”, and “The father of Modern Science”. He has contributed to observational astronomy by telescopic confirmation of Venus. He discovered the four largest satellites of Jupiter. It was Galileo who supported Copernicanism and gave Heliocentralisation theory to support the idea that earth revolves around sun but was put on house arrest by the church and he spent his last years on house arrest.
5) Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519): He was an Italian Polymath. He had conceptualized a helicopter, a calculator and outlined the rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. During his lifetime, only very few designs were constructed as construction of others were not feasible.
These scientists have given us the base on which present technology is being constructed. These are actually the people behind the major concepts of science, mathematics and astronomy!
(Image Sources)
Issac Newton: whatthafact
Albert Einstein: viewfoo
Nikola Tesla: Cille85
Galileo Galilei: santacroceinflarence
Leonardo da Vinci: wikimedia
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