Research Projects: Discoveries and inventions
Archimedes' principle
Main article: Archimedes' principle
Archimedes may have used his principle of buoyancy to determine whether the...
Research Projects: Aryabhata is the author of several treatises on mathematics and astronomy, some of which are lost.
His major work, Aryabhatiya, a compendium of mathematics and astron...About me: Statue of Aryabhata on the grounds of IUCAA,Pune. As there is no known information regarding his appearance, any image of Aryabhata originates from an a...
About me:
Born
December 27, 1571Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt, Holy Roman Empire
Died
November 15, 1630 (aged 58)Regensburg, Electorate of Bav...
Research Projects: Pythagorean theorem
Main article: Pythagorean theorem
A visual proof of the Pythagorean theorem
Since the fourth century AD, Pythagoras has commonly been give...
Research Projects: One of the first problems he posed in the journal was:
He waited for a solution to be offered in three issues, over six months, but failed to receive any. At the en...About me:
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Born
22 December 1887Erode, (nowTamil Nadu)
Died
26 April 1920 (aged 32)Chetput, Madras, Madras Presidency...
Research Projects: Laws of motion
Main article: Newton's laws of motion
In the Principia, Newton gives the famous three laws of motion, stated here in modern form.
Newton's First Law ...About me: Born
25 December 1642[NS: 4 January 1643]Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire,England
Died
20 March 1727 (aged 84)[OS: 20 March 1726 NS: 31 March 1727]Ke...
Research Projects: New elements
Pierre and Marie Curie in the laboratory
In 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the existence of X-rays, though the mechanism behind their production w...About me: Born
Maria Salomea Skłodowska7 November 1867Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland, then part of Russian Empire
Died
4 July 1934 (aged 66)Passy, Haute-Savo...