Biography Edwin Hubble: The Pioneer of Distant Stars Edwin Powell Hubble was born on November 20, 1889, in Missouri, US. He was the son of a businessman named John Hubble who worked in the insurance industry; his mother, Virginia James, was a homemaker. He was a bright student and in 1906 won a scholarship to the University of Chicago, Illinois, where he studied […] Written by Willa-e-Ali 2020-11-112020-11-11 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Biography Mileva Maric- A Forgotten Genius In 1896, two students entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute at Zurich University. One of them was a 21-year-old Albert Einstein; the other a 20-year-old Mileva Marić. Both of them studied Physics, taking some of the same courses and achieving comparable results in many of them. They studied together, fell in love, and eventually got […] Written by Willa-e-Ali 2020-07-212020-07-31 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Biography The Queen of Science, Mary Somerville It’s not like women have not played an important role in pioneering science. In fact, despite the overwhelming male implications of the word ‘scientist’, the term was first ascribed to a female Scottish polymath, Mary Somerville. Up until the late 19th and 20th centuries, people — mostly men — connected with science were referred to […] Written by Eman Toosy 2020-06-122020-06-12 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Biography Physical Sciences Technology The Forgotten Father of the Future: Nikola Tesla In the 1880s, while working at Edison Company on the improvement of the designs of direct current motors and generators, Nikola Tesla realized that the DC transmission was very far from a perfect source of power transmission. “The more I worked on DC the more I realized that direct current is not perfect at all. […] Written by Iqra Amjad 2019-08-302019-08-30 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Biography Featured Physical Sciences Abdus Salam: A Tale of Unrequited Generosity and Devotion Whereas Salam’s leadership skills helped him set up important scientific institutions for Pakistan, his generosity allowed him to keep rendering quiet financial help to his countrymen. After he had won the Atoms for Peace Award––a gold medallion accompanied by a $30,000 honorarium––he converted it into an endowment that would help young Pakistani physicists to visit […] Written by Irfan Javed 2019-08-062019-08-06 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Biography Featured Physical Sciences Abdus Salam: A Spurned National Hero Hailed as one of the most illustrious theoretical physicists of the twentieth century, Abdus Salam was born in 1926 to Chaudhry Muhammad Husain and Bibi Hajira, a perfectly ordinary couple. Growing up in Jhang, a backward town tucked away in the center of what now forms the Pakistani province of Punjab, Salam would not see […] Written by Irfan Javed 2019-07-272019-07-30 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Biography Alfred Nobel – The Man Behind the Nobel Prize Alfred Nobel, son of Immanuel Nobel and Andriette Ahlsell, was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. Immanuel Nobel was an engineer and architect who built bridges and buildings in Stockholm. He was also a pioneer in arms-manufacturing and in steam engine designs. Alfred Nobel had seven siblings. Immanuel went bankrupt the same year […] Written by Maliha Amin 2019-01-242019-02-02 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Biography Mathematics Physical Sciences Edwin Powell Hubble: The Father of Modern Cosmology Edwin Powell Hubble was an American observational cosmologist and father of modern cosmology whose radical discoveries changed our ideas about the universe. Hubble provided the first convincing evidence of the existence of external galaxies and of expansion of the universe. Before the discovery, the Milky Way galaxy was considered as the only galaxy in the […] Written by Maliha Amin 2018-09-252018-10-13 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked