Alexander Graham Bell
(Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1847-Beinn Bhreagh, Canada, 1922) Scientific American speech therapist and Scottish origin, inventor of the telephone. Born into a family...
You knew who invented the iPad
We begin a new series of articles on inventions, these technological advances arising from the innovative spirit of the brightest minds on the planet,...
Thomas Edison
Thomas
Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, a small town in
Ohio where his father had settled, Samuel Edison, six years earlier. His
father had to leave hastily...
George Washington Carver
(Diamond, 1864 - Tuskegee, 1943) Agronomist and American botanist known for its innovations in the field of agriculture. Son of slaves, was released at the end...
Leonardo da Vinci
Considered the paradigm of homo universalis, the Renaissance scholar versed in all areas of human knowledge, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) dabbled in such varied fields as...