You Inspire Me
I'm going to break them down into two categories, science/mathematics and social changes. BTW, I know I'll be leaving out many, many special people so let me know who I missed that inspired you.
Science/Mathematics
* Around 350 BC, the great Aristotle declared that the Earth was a sphere (based on observations he made about which constellations you could see in the sky as you traveled further and further away from the equator).
The world, as we know it today, would not have been discovered if Aristotle didn't convince kings that it was OK to travel by ship to other parts of the earth and not fall off at the end of what they only could see.
* Sir Isaac Newton -- The Discoverer of Gravity! Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician and mathematician and physicist who lived from 1642-1727. The legend is that Newton discovered Gravity when he saw a falling apple while thinking about the forces of nature.
Millions of inventions were and are being created by knowing the impact of gravitational force. A simple example is the airplane. We would not have airplanes or rocket ships if we didn't know the laws of gravity
* Albert Einstein had many discoveries as a scientist, but is most known for his Theory of Relativity. This theory changed much in the way scientists look at the world and set the foundation for many modern inventions.
Albert Einstein's greatest contribution to the world was his theory of relativity in which he described new ways of looking at time, space, matter, energy and gravity. His works also provided the basis for advances such as the control of atomic energy, space exploration and applications of light.
Just think of what we would be missing if laser light was never discovered. There would be no laser printers, high speed laser communications, laser surgeries, laser facials (wow, what would women do without laser facials), etc, etc.
Social Changes
* Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.
King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. In 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches, and the following year he and SCLC took the movement north to Chicago to work on segregated housing. In the final years of his life, King expanded his focus to include opposition towards poverty and the Vietnam War, alienating many of his liberal allies with a 1967 speech titled "Beyond Vietnam".
Growing up in the social unrest and the Vietnam War times, Doctor King was the person who most inspired me to care about human rights.
* Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American entrepreneur, businessman, inventor, and industrial designer. Wikipedia
Born: February 24, 1955, San Francisco, CA
Died: October 5, 2011, Palo Alto, CA
Education: Reed College (1972–1974), More
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me
Jobs inventions changed the way we communicate, use computers, listen to music and watch videos. These inventions include the iPhone, The iPad, The iPod, The Macintosh and The Retina Display.
* Chuck Hull (Charles W. Hull; born May 12, 1939) is the co-founder, executive vice president and chief technology officer of 3D Systems.[1][2] He is the inventor of the solid imaging process known as stereolithography (3D Printing), the first commercial rapid prototyping technology, and the STL file format. He is named on more than 60 U.S. patents as well as other patents around the world in the fields of ion optics and rapid prototyping. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.[3]
You might ask why have I put Chuck Hull in this category? The answer is that 3D printing is going to change how we create machines, art and even body parts.
These people have inspired me. Who inspires YOU!
Being Inspired Is One Major Path To Happiness
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