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The scientist Linnaeus - the decoder of nature
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The scientist Linnaeus - the decoder of nature

Carl von Linné -hay Linnaeus - is a great Swedish doctor and botanist. Considered as Darwin's most important predecessor, he is known for his work Systema naturae, a c &…

December 15, 2018
Vietnamese couple at NASA
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Vietnamese couple at NASA

To reach their current position, the couple are both Dr. Trinh - Huu and Diep (pictured) have to go a long way. From a small village in Bac Lieu, Vietnam, they have now…

December 15, 2018
Sophus Lie: Unfortunate genius
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Sophus Lie: Unfortunate genius

Like the elder Niel Abel, Sophus Lie (1842-1899) emerged as a phenomenon in Nordic countries in the context that the region's science was almost unknown in the internati…

December 15, 2018
Newton predicted the earth would die in 2060
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Newton predicted the earth would die in 2060

In a letter written in 1704, renowned British scientist Isaac Newton, the father of modern physics and astronomy, predicts the world will perish in 2060. The letter publ…

December 15, 2018
Nikola Tesla: Inventor of dreams
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Nikola Tesla: Inventor of dreams

How can the romantic and romantic sunset be related to alternating electric motors? In dreams, everything is possible, especially the dream of a genius inventor like N

December 15, 2018
Hans Bethe: The discoverer of the Sun's secret
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Hans Bethe: The discoverer of the Sun's secret

Just losing more than a year ago, he was one of the great theoretical physicists of our time, who in the 30s of the last century found nuclear reactions, discovering sec…

December 15, 2018
Female artist photographing science
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Female artist photographing science

With the help of Mrs. Felice Frankel, scientists have turned tedious images of things like yeast in a disc or the surface of a CD into impressive images. According to Dr…

December 15, 2018
From the earth to the moon
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From the earth to the moon

Perhaps in this world nobody is as weird as Bill Stone: Exploring the deepest caves of the earth to train and prepare for traveling into the universe. Stone is not an as…

December 15, 2018
Archimedes fate fate
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Archimedes fate fate

Archimedes' great manuscript journey is one of the most fascinating stories in the history of science. For 2,000 years, this document has been

December 15, 2018
Geoffroy Saint - Hilaire - Pioneer biologist
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Geoffroy Saint - Hilaire - Pioneer biologist

Hearing of fishes, the way of folding wings of ducks, geese and conjoined twins: these are interesting research topics of Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire anatomist in the early 1…

December 15, 2018
Nobel Prizes are also sometimes
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Nobel Prizes are also sometimes

Although not a small contributor to the Nobel Prize-winning research, many scientists have been forgotten, not included in the prize list.

December 15, 2018
The ambition of 'space cowboy'
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The ambition of 'space cowboy'

Living in austerity with no more than 1 USD / day as a student, but by 31 years old Elon Musk was an Internet billionaire. Now, he is at the forefront of the race to spa…

December 15, 2018
Astrologer Valentina Krumova
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Astrologer Valentina Krumova

Valentina's prophetic talent appeared right from the age of 7. Mostly it may be genetic. Her mother, the famous Russian astrologer Fedora Kolikhalova, had warned Stalin…

December 15, 2018