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Who Discovered The Zero Or Naught?
Zero! Can you imagine Math without zero? Before the zero, Mathematics would have been considered so difficult. About 3000 years ago the babylonians mathematics had a very complicated numerical system, where they used a space between sexagesimal numerals. The Mesoamerican that inhabited Mexico and Central America used the Zero as a separator in its 20 numeral … Continue reading
Who Discovered Magnet?
There are several stories about who discovered magnets, the most common story is that it was discovered accidentally in Greece by a shepherd, he noticed that a big black rock has pulled his rod, the name Magnet is derived from his name which is Magnes at about the year 2000 B.C.. Others deny that story … Continue reading
Who Discovered The Truth About The Earth?
At the ancient times there were many wrong facts about earth, through the years came scientists that introduced other facts and proved that the old fact was wrong. The wrong old facts about earth were that the sun rotates around the earth, that the earth is flat and that earth does not rotate around itself. … Continue reading
Xenotransplanting (Pancreas transplantation)
Scientists and physician have been trying to transplant organs instead of the damaged ones for ages before it started to be successful, thanks to the immuno-suppressive drugs that allowed the humans to keep the transplanted organs. Not all organs are transplanted, we know that *The first organ that was tried to be transplanted was skin … Continue reading
Top 10 Animal Gods and Goddesses in Ancient Egypt
THE GODS OF EGYPT Egyptian gods and goddesses (deities) were all forms of the Creator but they took on identities of their own. Some had special areas of interest. For example, Thoth was god of wisdom and writing, while Hathor was goddess of love and death. THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF CATS IN EGYPT Cats … Continue reading
11 Great Scientists of the World
No one can deny the Progress of Modern Science, Technology, Inventions and the every day birth of all the Genius Inventors across the World nowadays. But in the middle of all that, it is not really fair that we forget The Great Scientists of our world history, who established the pillars of our modern Science … Continue reading
Who Discovered Electricity?
What would we do without electricity today? Electricity, is a force of nature and it has been around since the creation of the universe. However, ‘Who was the first to harness electricity?’. It took a lot of time for us humans to realize how electricity could be harnessed to get things done, but once we … Continue reading