3. Belgium Leo Hendrik Baekeland Bakelite The original bakelizer* *The machine that creates bakelite a substance used as an electric insulator and to make plastic-ware. Panagiotis Verykios Ms1/ESL 2
4. "Photography" is derived from the Greek words phos (light) and graphein (to draw) . The word was first used by the scientist Plutarch J. Georges in 1839. It is a method of recording images through the use of light or radiation. Cyprus
5. In 1941, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov first used the word "robotics" to describe the technology of robots and predicted the rise of a powerful robot industry. This led him to the invention of the first most simple robot. CzEcH RePuBLiC
6. Denmark Hans Christian Orsted was born in 1777 and died in 1851. He discovered electro - magnetism and his work led to the development of electro - technology.
7. ENGLAND James Gregory invented the reflecting (or Newtonian) telescope in 1663 . This telescope uses two mirrors to magnify what is being viewed.
8. Estonia Thad Starner Thad Starner has been wearing his computer since 1993. What began as a short-term experiment became a life-long project. His work focuses on creating a wearable computer that will help the user complet e more efficient ly day-to-day tasks.
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11. Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879. He showed that light quanta or particles of energy, could help to explain phenomena being studied by experimental physicists. He also made clear how light ejects electrons from metals. Germany
12. GREECE Archimedes (287-212 BC) invented the water screw, a device used for raising water . It us es a n encased screw which is open at both ends. The screw is set a t an angle, and as the screw turns water fills the air pockets and is transported upwards. The Archimedes screw is still in use today. .
13. Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel (1572-1634) was a Dutch inventor. Among his many inventions w as the first navigable submarine. His submarine de sign was the first to address the problem of air replenishment while submerged . His inventions were so unusual, that they gave him a reputation of being a sorcerer. Holland
14. Edward Teller was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1908 . Although his early training was in chemical physics, Edward Teller has made substantial contributions to the fields of nuclear physics, plasma physics, astrophysics, and statistical mechanics. This made him able to help in the invention of the nuclear bomb! HuNgArY
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16. ITALY The Ornithopter flying machine was never actually created. It was a design that Leonardo da Vinci created to show how man could fly. The modern day helicopter is based on this concept .
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18. Gertrude Elion has made a number of significant contributions to the medical field. She patented a leukemia-fighting drug in 1954 and her research led to the development of Imuran, a drug that aids the body in accepting transplanted organs. LiThUaNiA
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20. MALTA Sir Temi Zammit 1864- 1935 Sir Temi Zammit discovered the Microcossus Melitensis in the blood of the goat. This was very important because humans drinking un-pasteurized milk would be infected with the microbe, which was the cause of the fatal Mediterranean Fever .
21. POLAND Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) is a renowned astronomer. He i s the first in modern times to develop a heliocentric theory of the Solar System. He published his discoveries the year of his death in the work ‘On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres’ (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium).
22. PORTUGAL Moniz Antonio Egas Antonio Egas Moniz was a physician who developed cerebral angiography. This operation was used as a therapeutic procedure to treat certain mental illnesses. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology in 1949.
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24. Slovenia Nicola T elsa He was an immigrant that lived in America. He invented the alternating current (AC) motor . Today virtually all electric motors are descendants of his design .
