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the (abridged) story of Curt Herzstark, the brilliant Viennese engineer who invented an incredibly complex handheld mechanical calculator in the Buchenwald concentration camp
Though we tend to give Thomas Alva Edison the credit for having invented the lightbulb (he did not), he did devise something just as remarkable—the parallel circuit,
Gretchen Bakke • The Grid
Until Edison invented the electric light, most of the world was covered in darkness. The physical darkness outside and the inner darkness of the soul were mixed together, with no boundary separating the two. They were directly linked.
Haruki Murakami • Kafka on the Shore
the Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi invented an even more powerful form of telecommunication, which made the need for secure encryption even more pressing.
Simon Singh • The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
@DailyTurkic Yeah they did the Same for Kobe Bryant, the Dude that invented the AC Unit, Arthur Morgen from Red Dead Redemption 2 and many more... Sometimes we do have to much Time on our Hand
NuklearBabax.com
On this day in 1928 Thomas Edison gathered a group of scientists to confirm an invention he had been working on for over 20 years.
It was called the “Sprit Phone”.
He was not joking.
Communications were confirmed—but with whom?
Modern... See more
Then along came Curt Herzstark, a young man who in the 1920s regularly traveled through the former Austrian Empire selling mechanical calculators to banks and other businesses. It was on these travels that he heard the same complaints from his customers.
David Szondy • Curta calculator: The mechanical marvel born in a Nazi death camp
Albert Einstein (pronunciación en alemán: /ˈalbɐt ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/i; Ulm, Imperio alemán, 14 de marzo de 1879-Princeton, Estados Unidos, 18 de abril de 1955) fue un físico alemán de origen judío, nacionalizado después suizo, austriaco y estadounidense. Se le considera el científico más importante, conocido y popular del siglo XX.[2][3]