For many years, you may not have given much thought to being a woman in motorsport. Maybe you think it doesn't matter. But we are all aware of the truth, that's not exactly how it works.
Byerley is one of the three stallions who started the modern thoroughbred horse racing tradition. Two other famous stallions are Godolphin Arabian and Darley Arabian.
Inventor of the helicopter: Have you ever thought about who was the person who lifted the once impossible helicopters into the sky? That name is Igor Sikorsky, who wrote his name in golden letters in world aviation history...
German aircraft manufacturer Junkers is the creator of the world's first aircraft with an all-metal fuselage, as well as the first passenger aircraft with a closed cabin. Their factories were turned into a huge military production facility by the Nazis. In the last years of his life, he worked on the static calculations of high-rise buildings constructed of metal.
He admired the Native Americans and noted strange European beliefs about Virginia—for example, “Everyone who goes there turns black.” He pointed out the great hospitality of Southerners, a trait they keep alive today.
He is known for his research and inventions in the field of agriculture and food chemistry, especially for developing methods for storing feed materials with minimal loss of value. He was honored with the Nobel Prize in 1945 for these researches.
Despite many setbacks (failures), American aircraft designer Lockheed was able to make a name for itself as the leader of aviation. He achieved success with his "Vega" type aircraft in the late 1920s.
He entered the Dominican order and learned Aristotle and the interpretations of Aristotle's philosophy by Muslim philosophers such as Farabi, Avicenna, Ibn Rushd, and Ibn Tufeyl; Later, based on these interpretations, he brought new interpretations that could be compatible with Christian beliefs.
Von Hippel, who left Germany in 1933 due to Nazi pressure during Hitler's rule, first worked at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. Von Hippel then immigrated to the USA and retired in 1965 after working at MIT.
He was subjected to severe pressure from the church due to the theses he defended and had to escape from his place and take refuge in Sicily. He is an alchemist, astronomer, and physicist who is thought to come from a Catalonian family.
