Sir Alexander Fleming (亚历山大·弗莱明), the discoverer of penicillin (青霉素), was on his way to Belfast. The Nobel Prize winner was going to give an important lecture there. When he arrived at Heathrow Airport, he was surprised and annoyed to find his flight overbooked (超量预订), and...
Electricity was not “discovered” at all. Electricity has always been a part of nature, in the form of static electricity, discharging to the earth, in the form of lightning, or when rubbing two electrically charged materials. In fact, the truth is that “electricity” in the form of elec...
In the medical profession, Dr. Chapple was also widely known as the discoverer of a method for early diagnosis and treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip in infants. He developed the treatment after finding the condition in his own daughter. Where was medical incubator invented? The ...
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (Italian: [alesˈsandro ˈvɔlta]; 18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power who is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane. He invented the...
English archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer the tomb of 14th-century BC pharaoh Tutankhamun. HOWARD HUGHES - (1905-1976). American business magnate, investor, aviator, aerospace engineer, film maker and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world. As...
She has made important discoveries linking the brightness of galaxies to the speed of stars within them and was the co-discoverer of the Faber–Jackson relation. Faber was also instrumental in designing the Keck telescopes in Hawaii. Age: 80 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Jed S. Rakoff Judge...