Archeology
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The Successful Salvage of the Unfortunate Vasa
On the morning of 24 April, 1961, the Swedish warship Vasa was salvaged with a largely intact hull after it…
Astronomy
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Shoemaker-Levy 9 hits Jupiter
On July 22, 1994, the last parts of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with the largest planet within our solar…
Biology
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Maria Sibylla Merian and her Love for Nature’s Details
On April 2, 1647, the German naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian was born. Even though she is not…
Botany
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Conrad Gessner’s Truly Renaissance Knowledge
On March 26, 1516, Swiss naturalist and bibliographer Conrad Gessner was born. His five-volume Historiae animalium (1551–1558) is considered the…
Chemistry
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Happy Bicycle Day
On April 19, 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in the Sandoz (now Novartis) laboratories in Basel, Switzerland performed a self-experiment to…
Computer Science
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Let Us Calculate – the Last Universal Academic Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
On July 1, 1646, one of the last universally interdisciplinary academics, active in the fields of mathematics, physics, history, politics,…
Economics
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Charles Dow and his Famous Stock Index
On July 3 1884 Charles Henry Dow together with his colleague Edward Jones composed and published an stock average – called…
Geology
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Louis Agassiz and the Ice Ages
On May 28, 1807, Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, and geologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was born, who is considered a prominent…
History
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The Last Safari – The Phenomenon Ernest Hemingway
He was one of the most successful and best known American authors of the 20th century. He also was a…
Mathematics
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The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time – Bertrand Russell, Logician and Pacifist
On July 11, 1906, mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell was suspended from Trinity College, Cambridge due to his engagement in pacifist…
Medical Science
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Galenus of Pergamon – The most Accomplished Physician of Antiquity
In 129 AD, Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman Empire Aelius Galenus also referred to as Claudius Galenus was born.…
Paleontology
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Mary Leakey and the Discovery of the false ‘Nutcracker Man’
On July 17, 1959, British paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovered the first fossil of the Paranthropus boisei at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Mary…
Philosophy
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The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time – Bertrand Russell, Logician and Pacifist
On July 11, 1906, mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell was suspended from Trinity College, Cambridge due to his engagement in pacifist…
Physics
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Mary Had a Little Lamb – Edison and the Phonograph
On July 18, 1877 Thomas A. Edison conceived the first idea for his phonograph, the very first mechanical tool for…
Politics
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Emmeline Pankhurst and the Suffragette Movement
On July 14, 1858, British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement Emmeline Pankhurst was born, who helped…
Psychology
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Elementary, my Dear Watson! – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous Sherlock Holmes
On July 7, 1939, one of the most prolific, versatile and successful authors of the late 19th and early 20th century,…
Women in Science
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Eleanor J. Gibson and the Visual Cliff
On December 7, 1910, American psychologist Eleanor Jack Gibson was born. Gibson focused on reading development and perceptual learning in infants…
Zoology
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Libbie Hyman and the Invertebrates
On December 6, 1888, U.S. zoologist Libbie Henrietta Hyman was born. Hyman wrote two laboratory manuals and a comprehensive six-volume…
