During the siege, the people of Leningrad were left with only one way to breathe. This road going over the frozen lake was called 'Road of Life'. But what is the carrying capacity of this frozen lake? Kantorovic found the answer by making various calculations with the mathematical model he developed.
In 1904, French mathematician Henri Poincare asked an important question about three-dimensional spaces (manifolds). The Poincare Conjecture is the only Millennium problem ever solved.
Krueger's work inspired today's augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies. By combining art and technology, he contributed to the concept of interaction between humans and computers.
The effect that proves that the connection between sounds and shapes is not a coincidence is called the "Bouba-Kiki" effect. This effect was first noticed by German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler.
Daniel Tammet can easily learn any language within 7 days and currently speaks 11 languages. Among these languages, there are also language groups that are very difficult to learn, such as Icelandic.
Goldziher's love for Islam did not prevent him from being a devout Jew until his death. On the contrary, he tried to reveal the common aspects of the two religions and the areas where they could positively influence each other.
In 1866, she fell on ice and became paralyzed. After reading the Bible for three days without a break, she suddenly began to feel better. She thought this was evidence of God's healing power. The central teaching of her church was that the Bible was more effective than medicine in healing disease.
The flat sheet glass we know today was obtained in 1688 by Frenchman Lukas de Nehon pouring molten glass into a flat mold and then grinding and polishing both sides. However, one of the most important problems of this type of manufacturing was the air bubbles remaining in the molten glass.
Born in 1976 in Ukraine during the Soviet Union, Jan Koum grew up in a house that did not even have running water. "I only wanted to create one product. To achieve only one thing. But to create a very beautiful product very successfully!"
Qian Xuesen, a scientist excluded by McCarthyism, also contributed to the US space program. But he does not want to be remembered in this way. In addition to designing sophisticated weapons systems, Qian also laid the foundations of China's surveillance system.
