Samuel Morse,

Samuel Morse was an American painter and inventor who is best 

remembered today for his invention of single- wire telegraph 

system and the co-inventor of the Morse Code – method of 

translating textual information as a series of on and off tones. His 

discovery changed the way the messages are sent and received in 

the entire world, and even today Morse Code is still in use in various 

areas of radio communications.

Born: April 27, 1791, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Died: April 2, 1872, New York City, New York, United States

Konrad Zuse,

Konrad Zuse built Z1, world's first program-controlled 

computer. Despite certain mechanical engineering problems it 

had all the basic ingredients of modern machines, using the 

binary system and today's standard separation of storage and 

control. Zuse completes Z3, world's first fully 

functional programmable computer in 1941.

Born: June 22, 1910, Berlin, Germany Died: December 18, 1995, Hünfeld, Germany

Edwin Herbert Land,

The co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation was the first who 

came up with low-cost filters for polarizing light (useful 

system of in-camera instant photography). His most popular 

invention, Polaroid instant camera, was officially launched 

in late 1948 and allowed users to take and develop a picture in 

just under 60 seconds.

Born: May 7, 1909, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States Died: March 1, 1991, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Frederick Banting,

Initially Banting was dedicated to politics but later decided to 

shift to medicine. In 1916 he completed his MD and during the 

World War I worked as a doctor. He was very interested in 

diabetes and continuously worked on a cure for it. Banting 

searched for cure for diabetes together with Dr. Charles Best. 

In 1923 the researcher was awarded with the Nobel Prize for 

discovering insulin.

Born: November 14, 1891, Alliston, Canada Died: February 21, 1941, Dominion of Newfoundland

Fritz Pfleumer,

The German-Austrian engineer is the inventor of the 

magnetic tape used for recording sound. Pfleumer decided 

to grant the right of use to the AEG, a German 

manufacturer of electrical equipment. The event took place 

on December 1, 1932. Based on Pfleumer's magnetic tape, 

the German firm created the world's first practical tape 

recorder dubbed Magnetophon K1.

Born: March 20, 1881, Salzburg, Austria Died: August 29, 1945, Radebeul, Germany

Sir Alexander Fleming,

During the World War I Fleming worked as an army medical 

doctor. He is the inventor of penicillin that prevented a lot of 

soldiers from being infected. The discovery of penicillin 

managed to significantly boost the evolution of medicine 

industry.

Born: August 6, 1881, Lochfield Died: March 11, 1955, London, United Kingdom

Albert Einstein,

One of the greatest scientists of the 20th century is the creator 

of numerous inventions and theories that transformed a lot of 

concepts linked to space and time, with the most important 

discovery being the theory of relativity. Other discoveries of 

Einstein include the photoelectric effect and the Einstein 

calculator.

Born: March 14, 1879, Ulm, Germany Died: April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, United States