Engineers Who Changed The World

Saturday 13 July 2013

MUHAMMAD IBN ZAKARIYA AL-RAZI

MUHAMMAD IBN ZAKARIYA AL-RAZI

Razi made fundamental and enduring contributions to the fields of medicine, alchemy, music, and philosophy, recorded in over 200 books and articles in various fields of science. He was well-versed in Persian, Greek and Indian medical knowledge and made numerous advances in medicine through own observations and discoveries.

ARSHIMEDES

ARCHIMEDES

Archimedes has many discoveries and inventions to his credit, but he considered his theoretical work as his main triumph. Along with his inventions in mathematics and geometry, he is also known for the weapons he created for King Hiero II to help protect Syracuse. He is credited with many inventions in the field of mathematics and physics such as "Death ray", "Archimedes claw", hydro statics , calculus.

Tuesday 9 July 2013

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

1847-1922

Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils and aeronautics.

JOHN LOGIE BAIRD

1888-1946

John Logie Baird was a scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube. Although Baird's electromechanical system was eventually displaced by purely electronic systems, Baird's early successes demonstrating working television broadcasts and his colour and cinema television work earned him a prominent place in television's history.

WERNHER VON BRAUN

1912-1977

Wernher von Braun was a German rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology. In his 20's and early 30's, von Braun was the central figure in Germany's rocket development program. According to one NASA source, he was "without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history". His crowing achievement was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in july 1969.

RUDOLF DIESEL

1858-1913

The diesel engine was developed by Rudolf Diesel in 1893. A diesel engine (also known as a compressing-ignition engine) is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compressing to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber. This is in contrast to spark-ignition engines such as petrol engine (gasoline engine) or gas engine (using a gaseous fuel as opposed to gasoline), which uses a spark plug to ignite an air-fuel mixture.

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

ORVILLE 1871-1948 & WILBUR 1869-1912

Orville and Wilbur were two American credited with inventing and building the world's successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903. Although not the first to build and fly an experimental aircraft, the Wright Brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible. The brothers fundamental breakthrough was their invention of three-axis control, which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and maintain its equilibrium.