At the prestigious MIT, she was accepted to work on the subject, finally earning her doctorate. But most importantly, she was the first woman to achieve it. However, she couldn't find a job as an engineer. That is... until her job as the first female electrical engineer in the USA will go down in history!
Weber's name went down in history not only because of his pioneering research but also because of the combination of theoretical and practical thinking that led to the first method of electrical communication, which turned out to be of vital importance.
He and his team developed the first pocket calculator in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the years that followed, Kilby devoted himself to semiconductor research, eventually obtaining more than 60 patents.
In the following years, he also conducted research on other technologies; for example, he invented the first semiconductor injection laser. However, his most notable inventions were ahead of his time as he took an interest in space exploration.
The reason we can't find much information about him is that this talented engineer and inventor lived at a time when there was a lot of tension between the USSR and the USA. Fortunately, not everything remained under the cover of secrecy, thanks to patents and specialist journals.
The Norwegian explorer and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl was referred to as Magellan's heir, for his ocean voyages throughout his life. The extraordinary voyage of South Americans to prove that they once crossed the Pacific on primitive rafts and settled in Polynesia was among the important events in world history.
Interestingly, whoever he collaborated with won the Nobel Prize for their achievements in physics in the following years.
Swiss educational reformer. He advocated educating the poor and focusing on education methods that develop students' abilities. His method has been widely adopted and many of its principles have entered modern primary education.
Asaph Hall's best-known discoveries are the discoveries he made about the planet Mars. Hall discovered Phobos and Deimos, the natural moons of the planet Mars. By detecting the existence of these two small moons, he greatly enriched the knowledge of the Martian system.
Christiaan Huygens has done extensive work as a mathematician, astronomer, physicist, and horologist. He made important contributions to light wave theory and probability theory in particular.
