George Westinghouse (1846-1914) American Engineer and Inventor George Westinghouse, Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American engineer and entrepreneur who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. He was also one of Thomas Alva Edison‘s rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system. Westinghouse’s system, which used alternating …Read the Rest
Apple’s Steve Jobs passes away, loses fight with cancer
Steve Jobs, modern era visionary, technology legend, succumbs to cancer. October 6, 2011 – 11:43AM Steve Jobs, 56-year old co-founder of Apple, has died. His family and Apple have announced his passing away. Jobs, who stepped down recently as chief executive, had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. Rest in peace, Steve Jobs. He will surely be missed in the technology …Read the Rest
John Dalton Biography
John Dalton is famous for his Atomic Theory. John Dalton (1766-1844), Chemist, Physicist and Meteorologist An English chemist, meteorologist and physicist, John Dalton is most famous today for his modern concept of atoms best known as Dalton’s Atomic Theory, the concept that defines science in terms of the atomic theory of elements. He is also famous for the “Dalton’s Law …Read the Rest
Rewind: American Stacy Allison on Top of Everest
Dateline: September 29, 1988. Mount Everest Successful Climb: On Top of the World Stacy Allison, the First American Woman to Reach Mount Everest. Stacy Allison is famous for becoming the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, on September 29, 1988. She has been involved in many climbing expeditions. She first began by …Read the Rest
