The history of science

Tovia Kushnir. From Wikipedia

In memory of Tovia Kushnir

Black hole simulation. Quantum entanglement and black holes, two seemingly unrelated phenomena, may lead physicists to the long awaited unification: the unification of general relativity and quantum mechanics. Image: Ute Kraus / Wikimedia.

A brief history of black holes

Charles Darwin statue, UK. Photo: shutterstock

What is the theory of evolution and how did it all begin?

An electric circuit and a computer processor. Photo: shutterstock

The ingredient that changed everything

Avraham and Eld. From Wikipedia

About planes, defense, statistics and unconventional thinking

scientific idea. Illustration: shutterstock

The spirit of things - did they say this before? It doesn't matter / Amir Teicher

Why are scientific discoveries named after scientists, and does that mean they didn't actually discover them?
Rwandese stamp in honor of Van Lavenhoekbrandonht / Shutterstock.com

Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, 1632 – 1723

The Pioneer 11 spacecraft against the background of the planet Jupiter. Image: NASA

Pioneer 11 to Jupiter and Saturn

Alan Turing. Photo: from Wikipedia

Belated pride for Turing

A model of the crystal structure of the 2-norbornyl cation: slow and gradual cooling to minus 233 degrees Celsius allows scientists to determine the exact structure of the molecule. [© Ingo Krossing].

An old chemical dispute has been resolved

Petri dish. From Wikimedia.

161st birthday of Julius Richard Petri - Petri plate key

Edward Jenner. From Wikipedia (free image)

The cow that defeated the black death

Louis Pasteur. From Wikipedia

Wine, silk, human life

The cover of Walter Isaacson's book: "Einstein his life and his universe"

Einstein stories. Walter Isaacson's book: "Einstein his life and his universe"

Julia. was suspected of being Darwin's missing link

The woman who was Darwin's missing link

A diver using an open breathing system. From Wikipedia

The history of man in the depths * diving into the depths of history

Yuri Gagarin inside the Vostok 1 spacecraft, just before liftoff. Photo: Russian space agency Roscosmos

50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight

Benoit Mandelbrot. From Wikipedia

Fractals and the practical implication of mathematics

A steam plane built by an Englishman. Photo: Alexander Graham Bell. From Wikipedia

The man who almost preceded the Wright brothers

The introduction to the book "History of Science" by John Gribbin

The cover of the book "Disclosure" by Prof. Bernardo and a discussion with Yaffe Shir-Raz. Focus Publishing 2010

think outside the box

Poster of the Science Museum in Florence, June 2010, in honor of its transformation into the Galileo Museum

Galileo's fingers are on display in a museum in Florence

IBM 360 computer in the Apollo program

The revolution has begun - on the history of the Internet

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The computer mouse is 40 years old

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Radar - an invention without an inventor

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

About Sophie Germain, the unsung hero of France

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The most barbaric treatment in the history of medicine