Great people in the history of science… from hydrology and quantum mechanics to the calculator
Great people in the history of science…fromHydrology and quantum mechanics to the calculator
The history of science is filled with a large number of greats in many fields between different time periods. Hence, we highlight with you three of the most prominent scientists who have made pioneering and sustainable achievements in science.
14April 1452:Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was a man with many interests, from art to science and engineering. With his immortal paintings – such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper – Da Vinci recorded thousands of pages of notes and drawings in his notebooks, which dealt with diverse topics such as human anatomy, geometry, geology, optics, hydrology, and astronomy.
As for his inventions, Da Vinci drew advanced designs for machines that were not realized in his time, such as flying machines (flying propellers), tanks, airships, hydraulic pumps, and cranes. He also had a vision for the foundations of architecture and maps. With this integrated vision between art and science, Leonardo da Vinci contributed to expanding the horizons of science and engineering, and laid the first building blocks for the knowledge renaissance that populated the earth.
May 11, 1918:Richard Phillips
In modern science, Richard Phillips Feynman is considered one of the most prominent and influential physicists of the twentieth century. His fundamental works were distinguished in the fields ofQuantum Mechanics and Quantum Electrodynamics (quantum relative to quantum mechanics, which studies the behavior of particles at the atomic level). He was the one who worked on formulating the so-called Path Integral Formulation, which developed our understanding of the nature of Fine particles, and thus he deserved the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.
Richard Phillips was also one of the pioneers of early quantum computers; In the early 1980s, he proposed using quantum phenomena to simulate complex systems, which formed the cornerstone of the field of quantum computing. All of these achievements contributed to humanity’s progress towards nanotechnology and quantum sciences.
19June 1912: Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal was a French physicist, mathematician, and philosopher. He is the author of “Pascal’s Law,” which explains how fluids in closed vessels move equally in all directions. Pascal also proved that air has weight and that air pressure can produce a vacuum. Which removed doubts about the existence of a vacuum in the universe.
In mathematics, the invention of the calculator is Pascal’s most prominent achievement. It was a technical breakthrough at the time, and this is in addition to his interest in the properties of integer series, numerical order, natural numbers, and triangular numbers. As for geometry – specifically the field of projective geometry and conics – his contributions gained great importance in the nineteenth century.
Thus, we have reviewed three milestones in the path of science and humanity, stations embodied by three of the world’s geniuses who, with those contributions, becameEarth GuardsAnd guardians of life, generation after generation.
