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ANAXIMANDER (610 BC – 546 BC)
Anaximander, Greek philosopher and astronomer, was a pupil of Thales and like him tried to assimilate the mystical sciences of the East with those of Greece. He is often called the father of astrono... |  |
 | BACON, SIR FRANCIS (1561 - 1626)
Francis Bacon was a versatile genius – a lawyer, a philosopher, a scientist and a successful courtier. He was an effective and influential philosopher, arguing against Greek mysticism that was preval... |
DIESEL, RUDOLF CHRISTIAN CARL (1858 – 1913)
Diesel Rudolf was a German engineer who revolutionized transportation in the world by his invention of the diesel engine. He understood thoroughly the working of a steam engine and came to the conclu... |  |
 | BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM (1847 –1922)
Alexander Graham Bell, was a Scottish born American inventor and proponent of sound dynamics who became famous at a young age as the inventor of the telephone. He had many other inventions to his cre... |
THOMAS ALVA EDISON (1847—1931)
Thomas Alva Edison is considered by many to be one of the greatest inventors in history. He obtained patents in such fields as telegraphy, phonography, electric lighting and photography. In 1882, he ... |  |
 | GATES, WILLIAM (‘BILL’) GATES (1955 -)
William (Bill) Gates, American software specialist and the brain behind Microsoft Corporation, is the man who has re-defined information technology by making it accessible and easily acceptable to th... |
HOOKE, ROBERT (1635-1703)
Robert Hooke, English physicist and curator of the Royal Society , was one of the most ingenious, and also one of the most controversial personalities is science. He was assistant to Robert Boyle, th... |  |
 | MARCONI, MARCHESE GUGLIELMO (1874-1937)
Gugliemo Marconi, Italian engineer and inventor, became famous for his design and construction of the world’s first wireless telegraph. He shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1909, with Braun and in... |
PLATO (CIRCA 428 BC – 347 BC)
Plato, a Greek philosopher of the fourth century BC,. was one of the most influential and respected thinkers of his time. Plato’s philosophy continued to exert a strong influence on western thought ... |  |
 | SOCRATES (470 – 399)
Socrates, was an ancient Greek philosopher, one of the most influential teachers of his time, who, along with Plato, his disciple, profoundly affected western thought and civilization. An Athenian, b... |
THALES (624 BC-546 BC)
Thales, Greek philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, is considered to be the founder of Greek science and philosophy and the fountainhead of almost every branch of knowledge. No wonder then that ... |  |
 | WATT JAMES (1736 – 1819)
James Watt was born on 19 January 1736 in Greenock, Scotland. Watt’s achievements as an inventor and an engineer have been fully honored and universally recognized. The fact that his inventions had t... |
WRIGHT ORVILLE (1871 – 1948)
Orville Wright was an American inventor. He and his older brother Wilbur became famous as the Wright brothers for their invention of the first flying machine. The Wright brothers made an attempt to ... |  |
 | Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is the undisputed father of India's missile program. He has breathed life into ballistic missiles like the Agni and Prithvi, which put China and Pakistan well under India'... |
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