He received the Knight Bachelor's degree in 1929, the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930, the Bharat Ratna in 1954, and the Lenin Peace Prize in 1957. He trained hundreds of Indian students who carried out important scientific work both inside and outside the country.
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According to Weber, the Protestant ethic, although not the first and fundamental cause of capitalism, played an important role in the birth and development of capitalism because it gave rise to a culture that emphasized the importance of individualism, hard work and discipline, rational behavior, and self-confidence.
He knew several foreign languages. He laid the foundations of sociology in the academic journal L'AnnéeSociologique, which he founded in 1896. He separated sociology from psychology and turned it into a positive science.
The development of television was the result of the work of many inventors. Among them, John Logie Baird was one of the pioneers and made significant advances in this field. Most historians agree that Baird was the first person to produce a vivid, moving, grayscale television image from reflected light.
One of the most famous spokesmen of British liberalism. He is best remembered for the remark he wrote in a letter to an Anglican bishop in 1887. According to him, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
It is accepted that the wreck of the Titanic was first found on September 1, 1985, by a team led by French marine researcher and explorer Dr Robert Ballard.
France preceded the USA in the formation of the cinema industry; Charles Pathe played the biggest role in this. By the early 1900s, Pathé had become the world's largest film equipment and production company, as well as a major manufacturer of phonograph records.
Edward Jenner, who caused radical changes in the medical world and is known as the father of vaccinology, saved millions of lives with the vaccine he developed against smallpox.
