One of my favorites. Nikola Tesla (Serbian: 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was an inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. He was an important contributor to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th ... Continue Reading
Joseph Henry (American 17 December 1797 – 13 May 1878) was an American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as a founding member of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institution. During his lifetime, he was highly regard ... Continue Reading
Faraday was a British chemist and physicist who contributed significantly to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Statue of Michael Faraday outside the headquarters of the Institution of Engineering and Technology in Savoy Place, London Michael Faraday was born on 22 September 1791 in south London. His f ... Continue Reading
Georg Simon Ohm (German 16 March 1789 – 6 July 1854) was a German physicist. As a high school teacher, Ohm began his research with the recently invented electrochemical cell, invented by Italian Count Alessandro Volta. Using equipment of his own creation, Ohm determined that there is a direct proportionality between ... Continue Reading
Ørsted; whose name is commonly spelled Oersted by English speakers – was born August 14, 1777, in Rudkøbing, a village on the island of Langeland, Denmark. His father was a practicing pharmacist, and while helping in the family business as a youngster Ørsted was first introduced to chemistry and science. Ørsted s ... Continue Reading
André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836), a French physicist, founded the science of electrodynamics now known as electromagnetism. Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted discovered, accidentally, in 1820 that a magnetic needle is deflected when the current in a nearby wire varies – a phenomenon establishing a relatio ... Continue Reading
Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, known for his pioneering work in electricity. Volta was born in Como and educated in the public schools there. In 1774 he became professor of physics at the Royal School in Como, and in the following year he devised the electrophorus, an instrument that produced charges of static el ... Continue Reading
460 BCE – 370 BCE Democritus was born at Abdera, about 460 BCE, although according to some 490. His father was from a noble family and of great wealth, and contributed largely towards the entertainment of the army of Xerxes on his return to Asia. As a reward for this service the Persian monarch gave and other Abd ... Continue Reading
