Gholam Peyman is the inventor of LASIK eye surgery and one of the main contributors who helped bring the use of lasers into the operating room. Born in Iran, Dr. Peyman grew up in Shiraz until the age of 19 when he moved to Germany to pursue his medical studies.…
Patek Philippe was also the creator of the first perpetual calendar wristwatch. They produced the first compact perpetual calendar movement just about ten years later in 1898 for a women’s pendant watch. In fact, the function actually pre-dates the annual calendar by many decades. An English horologist named Thomas Mudge…
Army General Douglas MacArthur and Navy Admiral Chester NimitzAdmiral Chester NimitzHe played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was…
“It was the Italians who were the first to revive the ancient use of luxury as a term of denigration for the aspirational consumption of non-elites, and it was also the Italians who were the first to invent a new word in the vernacular to describe this consumption—lusso, or luxury.”…
Greek academic Anaximander is believed to have created the first world mapfirst world mapFra Mauro world map (1459) It is a circular planisphere drawn on parchment and set in a wooden frame, about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in diameter. The original world map was made by Fra Mauro…
Of these, Aristotle is often said to be the father of natural law. Aristotle’s association with natural law may be due to the interpretation given to his works by Thomas Aquinas. To summarize: the paradigmatic natural law view holds that (1) the natural law is given by God; (2) it…
Chef Andy Kao is credited with inventing orange chicken in 1987. He was classically trained in French cuisine and worked as Panda Express’ executive chef. While the dish is very popular in the United States, it is most often found as a variation of General Tso’s chicken in North America…
With pay by space meters, the driver parks in a space, goes to the meter and enters the space number and makes payment. The meter memorizes the time remaining, and enforcement personnel press the bay buttons to check for violations. A parking meter is a device used to collect money…
In 1958, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann and co-workers isolated psilocybin and smaller amounts of psilocinpsilocinPsilocin (also known as 4-HO-DMT, 4-hydroxy DMT, psilocine, psilocyn, or psilotsin) is a substituted tryptamine alkaloid and a serotonergic psychedelic substance. It is present in most psychedelic mushrooms together with its phosphorylated counterpart psilocybin.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki…
One of the most important names is the field of PR is Edward Bernays, the Father of Public Relations and author of the influential book Propaganda. Being the nephew of Sigmund Freud, his PR strategies were greatly influenced by his uncle’s theories on behavioural psychology. Today, Edward Bernays is known…