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
Mathematics Physical Sciences Einstein- The Incomparable Genius It is often said that the greatest of ideas come from the humblest of backgrounds. The beginning of the scientific life of one of the most prolific scientists of all time did indeed start with a simple scenario. A pocket compass was gifted to him by his father when he was five years old and […] Written by Ahmed Hassan 2018-05-172018-05-17 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Biography Mathematics Physical Sciences Laplace – The Newton of France Pierre-Simon Laplace was an eminent French mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the 19th century. He was famous for his remarkable contributions in the field of celestial mechanics, probability and statistics. He also formulated Laplace’s equation and pioneered Laplace transform. He was one of the first scientists to postulate the existence of black holes and the […] Written by Maliha Amin 2018-05-042018-05-05 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Mathematics Emmy Noether: Magic Mathematician Emmy Noether, the first child of the mathematician Max Noether, was born on March 23, 1882, in Erlangen in Southern Germany. She was destined to change our perception of the universe with her profound, paradigm shifting fundamental theory of physics, besides her prominent contributions in the field of abstract algebra. As a child, she was […] Written by Zoya Naseer Hashmi 2018-01-162018-05-05 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Physical Sciences Maxwell: World’s Greatest Physicist Ever? James Clerk Maxwell was one of the most influential scientists to ever have lived. His most widely known work was on electromagnetism and the kinetic theory of gases. While a pupil, he published his first scientific paper, ‘On the description of oval curves, and those having a plurality of foci’, extending the work of Descartes. […] Written by Sunniva Haynes 2018-01-162018-01-20 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
