We saw a short docu on what would not have happened, if certain Germans didn´t exist - well, I´m pretty sure someone else would´ve come up with it, too, but imagine if not.
Let´s start right away with this here. I would not be able to blog, nor would you, if Konrad Zuse didn´t come up with the S2 computing machine. We simply would not have computers.
And without Martin Luther there wouldn´t have been the Reformation nor Brothers Grimm´s Fairy tales (I just made notes whilst watching, but there was a connection).
Without Robert Koch no modern bacteriology, no cure for tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, no hygiene...
No Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen no X-rays ...
Pic taken on Rügen, our last holiday with our Mum.
No Carl Zeiss, no optical lenses (and please, don´t say the word (Hubble)...
Another pic from Rügen:
Without Albert Einstein we would have no idea of the universe, energy, matter and hence no nuclear power and without that no...
All just men, are they. But if there had been no Emmy Noether no algebra and hence no Rubik's Cube...
Fritz Haber found out how to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas and hence we have modern farming.
Yupp, a lille brag-attack 😉
Henry? 🦁
On the way soon...
That's interesting. . I did not known Noether an Haber. You did not mention Gutenberg (and Bach). And no doubt many more. Now I'm gonna think about Dutch inventors. Oh and I love the Rotkappchen pic
ReplyDeleteI love documentaries, they make you think and I love that! Interesting topic, have a lovely weekend!
ReplyDeleteBertiebo, yes, Gutenberg they mentioned also, and Bach and others which led to vinyl etc. But my notes were already a week old and some I could hardly read ;-)
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Natalia, yes, that´s much better as some novel! A lovely weekend to you, too!
Love that you managed to get a Bart Simpson reference in Iris, Albert Einstein is right up there on my favourite list 💜
ReplyDeleteBertiebo, P.S., yes, I thought of you taking that Rotkäppchen - in hangs at the door...
ReplyDeleteI would love to be as smart as some of those inventor people.
ReplyDeleteGrace, yes, to Albert! 😂
ReplyDeleteRiver, so true!
ReplyDeleteWatch here --> Einstein , and yes: Henry is on his way to:"The final frontier"
ReplyDeleteThis one is really, really a good one, click Ingo´s link!
ReplyDelete...great accomplishments by important people.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce we have photographs 😊
ReplyDeleteThe first permanent photograph of a camera image was made in 1825 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce using a sliding wooden box camera made by Charles and Vincent Chevalier in Paris. Wikippedia
Great documentaries. Good explanation about Einstein
ReplyDeleteTom, yes, lucky we had them!
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magiceye, that was about Germans only 😉
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Vicky, yes, it was great watching it. There was more even!
Terrific and fascinating. I knew many of those names but others, new to me. Their achievements shouldn't be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteOne bad apple doesn't ruin a whole basket, or in this case country. Now if only the president of the us would know something about Robert Koch. By the way how do you pronounce that name? I always called it COKE, but maybe that's not authentic. And I was brought up Lutheran so I know too much about Martin Luther for my taste. Fun post today Iris. I am not German but my cousin was married to a wonderful German lady and lives with along with his 2 children. And you write wonderful blog posts, and although I haven't met you, you are wonderful too. Happy weekend. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing all of the things we now have, that we take for granted, that wouldn't be here at all, if it weren't for the inventors. Great Henry photo!
ReplyDeleteJeanie, there are many more, but I didn´t want to bore you...
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Erika, ... pffff... difficult with Koch. I´ll try to find an example, but it sure is not COKE - sorry I have to laugh!
Thank you, it would be great to meet, and I give the compliments back! A happy weekend to you, too, hugs from here!
I see that Ingo is an example of the modern day farmer, and that's a cool farmer's shirt he is modeling. :) I love fresh corn too. Nice evening to the farmer and his wife.
ReplyDeleteAnne, yes, we take it all for granted, most of the time!
ReplyDeleteIngo says I´m too slow revealing Henry´s journey, will try to show it soon!
Interesting to think what would happen if those people hadn't invented such essential things. Documentaries are so good.
ReplyDeleteBill, haha, yes, that was 2011, oh, how time runs! It was at his family´s place (as in the village) - I prefer the city 😁 A nice evening to you!
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RedPat, yes, I love docus!
I was looking for a coloring book of grimm's fairy tales, couldn't find the one that would work for embroidery project.
ReplyDeleteInteresting facts. Himself and I used to watch a program in the 1980s called Connections. They would show how cotton textiles in Holland in the 1600s lead to launching rockets in space. It was fun to learn all the things and people that were connected because of their innovations. Henry looks very happy. I hope you have a happy weekend, too.
ReplyDeleteI was blown away by this post. I love how so many things that have been invented or discovered can be traced to a German. That was most interesting. I especially liked the "farmer!"
ReplyDeleteDora, I think it´s funny how those German tales from back then are still roaming the world!
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CJ that sure is an interesting fact, too! Wish there were more programs like that around!. Yep, Henry is happily on the way, to a happy weekend!
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Elizabeth, thank you, I wish they made or make a series of it! The "farmer", that´s where Ingo grew up!