He was the man who made one of the most important discoveries in world history, but no one believed him. Of course, his continued belief in himself enabled him to have his name written in golden letters on the space stage of history. If we are ready, we are now going to renew our faith in ourselves without traveling a long distance...
Claudius James Rich, who was born in 1787 near Dijon, France, and spent his youth in Bristol, England, had a special talent for languages that showed itself at a very early age.
Iraqi-born Zaha Hadid broke new ground in architecture with her extraordinary projects. In 2004, she made history as the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which is considered the most prestigious award in the world of architecture.
Anderson is one of the scientists who theorize when, under what conditions, and for what purpose nationalism emerged. Benedict Anderson was born in China in 1936, the son of an Irish father and an English mother.
Toshihiko Izutsu is a Japanese researcher and writer who has gained worldwide fame with his works in various fields, including Eastern thought, especially Buddhism and Islamic thought. Throughout his life, he examined different religions, cultures, and philosophies and produced many works that would bridge the gap between East and West.
When it comes to physical science or quantum mechanics, one of the first names that comes to everyone's mind is Louis De Broglie. In his thesis prepared in 1924 and accepted in 1927, he discovered the wave nature of electrons.
The story of Lady Evelyn Cobbold, who went on a pilgrimage in 1933 at the age of 65 after becoming a Muslim and received the title of "the first English woman to perform the Hajj", finding Islam in her own words...
Gagarin was very short (1.57 meters), which was a very important criterion in his selection as the first human in space. Oh, why? Because that first spacecraft was very small an astronaut was needed to fit into that small space.
Ursula Reinhard (10 May 1915 – 29 June 2005) continued her Germanistic and musicology education, which she started in Danzig and Freiburg, at the University of Munich, where she met Kurt Reinhard.
Gaius Musonius Rufus was a Roman Stoic philosopher who lived in the 1st century AD. He is one of the four great Stoic philosophers of the Roman empire, along with Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius.
