The famous English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, military engineer, a close friend of Newton - Edmund Halley (actually Halley - Halley) was born on October 29,1656 in the town of Hagerston (near London) ,the son of a prosperous soap-maker.
When several of our outstanding scientists were asked to name the three greatest, in their view, physicists of all time,their opinions devided, but none of them forgot Maxwell.
January 19 marks 270 years since the birth of James Watt (1736-1819), English inventor, whose name is called watt power unit. Improvement of the steam engine made by Watt, was one of the most outstanding events in the history of technology.
Nobody made poetry flowers as Catherine Bilokur ... In a letter to employees of the Central House of folk art, she wrote:
Leonhard Euler is considered to be the most prolific mathematician of all time. He wrote his treatises in a simple manner, clearly and plainly, as a man of pen and ink writes letters to his friends.
Victor Glushkov was born August 24, 1923 r.u Rostov-on -Don in the family of a mining engineer. In 1929 the family moved in Shahty. In June 1941 Victor Glushkov with honors graduated from high school №1 Shahty .He was going to join the Physics Department of Moscow State University .
