Who discovered Fractals?
The credit goes to Benoit Mandelbrot for discovering the fractals. He gave them the present name in 1975 though mathematicians have known about them as long as the 17th century…. Read more »
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Who discovered Mumps?
Ernest William Goodpasture is credited with the discovery of mumps in the year 1934. An American pathologist, Goodpasture identified the common symptom of the disease as swollen salivary glands which… Read more »
Who discovered Cystic Fibrosis?
The disease was named by a Swiss paediatrician, Guido Fanconi but it has been with us since the middle ages. It was not fully understood till the 1930’s. Literary evidence… Read more »
Who discovered Ultrasonic Sound?
It is believed generally that Paul Langevin of France was the first to discover ultrasonic sound, but there are others also who made significant contribution in its discovery. Langevin created… Read more »
Who discovered Electricity?
Even the ancient Greeks were aware of an attraction caused by rubbing fur on amber, some two thousand years ago. English physician, William Gilbert was the first to coin the… Read more »
Who discovered Mars?
Mars, being visible to the naked eye was known to the ancient civilizations. The Babylonians named it “Nergal” or the star of the death. The Egyptians called it ‘Her decher’… Read more »
Who discovered the constellation Pisces?
The constellation Pisces is found in the area of the sky called the sea. Most probably it was also discovered first by the Babylonians but the first written accounts come… Read more »
Who discovered the constellation Pegasus?
Pegasus is one of the 88 modern constellations and it also figures among the 48 constellations listed by Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy. Before him, the ancient civilizations like the Greeks… Read more »
Who discovered Calcium?
The British inventor and a chemist, Sir Humphrey Davy discovered Calcium in 1808 when he electrolyzed a mix of lime and mercuric oxide. He also discovered magnesium, barium and boron… Read more »
Who discovered the constellation Gemini?
Officially the credit for discovering the constellation, Gemini, is generally given to famous astronomer William Hershey who is said to have discovered it in 1798 but at the same time… Read more »