He was also inclined to literary realism in the several senses of that phrase. He wanted to describe ordinary human beings; he wanted to speculate on their dilemma rationally (and, unfortunately, even schematically); and he wanted to record precisely the material universe. Finally, he wanted to...
First of all, he invented a variety of tests and put large numbers of children of different ages through them. He then found at what age each test was passed by the average child.For instance, he found that the average child of seven could count backwards from 20 to 1 and the average...
In 1889, May Day was chosen as the date for International Workers' Day by the socialists and communists of the Second International, as well as anarchists, labor activists, and leftists in general around the world, to commemorate the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago and the struggle for an...
T o know whether he is clever, average or dull, his marks must be compared with the averageachieved by other boys of thirteen in that test .In 1906 the psychologist, Alfred Binet(1857-1911), devised the standard by which intelligence has since been assessed . Binet was asked to find a ...
Jack Kilby had invented the first hybrid integrated circuit in 1958 made of germanium. The following year, Noyce invented the monolithic integrated circuit on silicon. Noyce's was more practical than Kilby's implementation and modern ICs are based on Noyce's design. Read More 8 0 Copy to ...
The dynamometer was invented by a French engineer, Edme Régnier (1751-1825) in 1798. It was used to test muscular strength in both humans and other animals, particularly horses. Régnier was an inventor working principally in the design of firearms. One of the earliest uses of the dynamometer...
Hans Henriksen Ussing (12/30/1911 – 12/20/2000) was a Danish scientist, best known for having invented the Ussing chamber. In the early 1950s Ussing played an innovating role in explaining how ions actively transport across frog skin. He was the first to describe this mechanism. He active...
In the face of the many ethers of previous generations, the physics of his time, after the unification of light, electricity and magnetism, seemed to allow for a single ether with a number of epistemic roles: "The only æther which has survived is that which was invented by Huygens to ...
What year is 2013 in the Buddhist calendar? Who invented the Chinese lunar calendar? Who is Fuxi in Chinese mythology? What are immortals in Chinese mythology? How many days are in the Chinese lunar calendar? What is the main focus of Chinese mythology? What was the old period of Chinese ...
The history of the folding chair might not sound like the most exciting subject, but there is a lot more behind this invention than you would probably expect. If you do a quick Google search on the topic, you'll get a straightforward answer: the folding chair was invented in 1911 by Nat...