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J.J. THOMSON

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  J.J. THOMSON J.J. THOMSON Joseph John Thomson was born in Cheetham Hill, a sub rub of enrolled at Owens Collage, Manchester, in 1870, and in 1876 entered Trinity Collage, Cambridge as a minor scholar. He become a fellow of Trinity collage in 1880, when he was Second wrangler and second smith's Prizeman, and he remained a member of the collage for the rest of his life, becoming lecture in 1883 and master in 1918. He was Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge, where he succeed Lord Rayleigh, from 1884 to 1918 and Honorary Professor of physics, Cambridge and Royal Institution, London. Thomson's early interest in atomic structure was reflected in his treatise on the Motion of Vortex Rings which won him the Adams Prize in 1884. His Application of Dynamics to Physics and Chemistry appeared in 1886, and in 1892 he had his Notes on Recent Researches in Electricity and Magnetism Published. This latter work covered results obtained subsequently to the appearance of Ja...

Archimedes's story

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ARCHIMEDES   ARCHIMEDES Born in 287 B.C. in Syracuse, Greece Archimedes is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. He is also famed for his invention and for the colorful ways he is believed to have made them. Little is known about Archimedes's life. He was the son of an astronomer (someone who studies outer space, such as the stars) named Phidias. He may also have been related to Hieron, King have been of Syracuse, and his son Gelon. Archimedes studied in the learning capital of Alexandria, Egypt, at the school that had been established by the Greek mathematician Euclid (third century B.C.E.) . He later returned to live in his native city of Syracuse. There are various stores about how Archimedes made his discoveries. A famous one tells hoe he uncovered a attempt to cheat king Hieron. The king ordered a golden crown and gave the crown's maker the exact amount of gold needed. The maker delivered a crown of the required weight, but Hieron suspected that some s...

ALBERT EINSTEIN STORY

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ALBERT EINSTEIN STORY   Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Wurttemberg, Germeny, on march 14, 1879. Six weeks later the faimily moved to Munich, Where he later on began his scolling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued hid education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was unable to find a teaching post, he accepted a position as technical assistant Office. In 1905, he obtained his doctor's degree. ALBERT EINSTEIN During his stay at the Patent office, and in his spare time, he produced much of his remarkable work and in 1908 he was appointed Privatdozent  in Berne. In 1909, he became Professor Extraordinary at Zurich, in 1911 Professor of theoretical physics at Prague, returning to Zurich in the following year to fill a similar post. In 1914, he was ...

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam short story

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  A.P.J. Abdul Kalam This eminent scientist and engineer has also served as the 11th President of India from the period 2002 to 2007. A.P.J.  Abdul Kalam (Avul Pkir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam) is a man of vision, who is always full ideas aimed at the development of the country. He firmly believes that India needs to play a more assertive role in international relation. He is often referred to as the Missile Man of India. People loved and respected Dr APJ Abdul Kalam so much during his tenure as president that he was popularly called the People's president He was born on Octobor 15,1931 at Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. He studied at Schwartz High school in Ramanathpuram. He graduated in science from St. Joseph's collage at Truchi. He did his D.M.I.T. in Aeronautical Engineering at M.I.T., Chennai. Kalam joined hindustan Aeronautics Limited at Bangalore as trainee. Later, he joined  the D.T.D. & P. as Senior Scientist Assistant heading a small team that developed a prototype...