Do you ever ask yourself a question: WHO MADE THAT? Scattered all over the world as refugees, the Armenians have made their mark in many places and many fields. In this presentation we’d like to tell you about some famous Armenian scientists and inventors. Enjoy! :) Slideshow made by Irina.
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1. FAMOUS ARMENIAN SCIENTISTS PRESNTED BY IRINA AND RAFAEL
2. Do you ever ask yourself a question: WHO MADE THAT?
Scattered all over the world as refugees, the Armenians have made
their mark in many places and many fields. In this presentation wed
like to tell you about some famous Armenian scientists and
inventors. Enjoy!
3. Hovhannes Adamian Hovhannes (Ivan) Abgari Adamian was an
Armenian engineer, an author of more than 20 inventions. The first
experimental color television was shown in London in 1928 based on
Adamian's tricolor principle,and he is recognized as one of the
founders of color television.
4. Hovhannes Adamian Title card for NBC, promotin g their
broadcast "in RCA color".
5. Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs Jobs was an American marketer and
inventor, who was the cofounder chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.
Through Apple, he is widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of
the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in
the computer and consumer electronics fields, transforming one
industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and
movies.
6. Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs Im sure that you have a question:
What have the Jobs has to do with Armenia? Jobs was born in San
Francisco, California. He was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold
Jobs and Clara Jobs, an Armenian Americans
7. Viktor Hambardzumyan Viktor Hambardzumyan was a Soviet
Armenian scientist, and one of the founders of theoretical
astrophysics. Hambardzumyan was the President of the International
Astronomical Union, was twice elected the President of the
International Council of Scientific Unions. Hambardzumyan was the
founder of Byurakan Observatory. Theres a minor planet named after
him (Ambartsumian,1905)
8. Viktor Hambardzumyan on the Armenian 100 dram bill
9. Ivan Knunyants Ivan Lyudvigovich Knunyants, was a Soviet
chemist of Armenian origin, academic of the Academy of Sciences of
the USSR, a Major General and engineer, who significantly
contributed to the advancement of Soviet chemistry. He made more
than 200 inventions, many of which used in the Soviet
industry.
10. Luther George Simjian Luther George Simjian was an
Armenian-American inventor of numerous devices and owner of over
200 patents. Inventions include Medical photography systems,
Autofocus camera, Automatic Developing machine, Automatic Teller
Machine (ATM), Military flight simulator, Postage Meter and many
other things In 1939 Simjian had the idea to build the Bankmatic
Automated Teller Machine, probably his most famous invention.
11. Luther George Simjian Simjian founded several other
companies in the following years and invented a number of very
different devices and technologies, e. g. a teleprompter, medical
ultrasound devices, a remote-controlled postage meter, a golf
simulator and a meat tenderizer. He never ceased inventing in his
laboratories in Fort Lauderdale. At the age of 92, he got his last
patent on a process for improving the sound of wood for musical
instruments, seven months before his death in 1997
12. Giacomo Luigi Ciamician Giacomo Luigi Ciamician was an
Italian photochemist of Armenian descent. Ciamcian was a nine-time
Nobel prize nominee and an Italian senator. He was an early
researcher in the area of photochemistry, where from 1900 to 1914
he published 40 notes, and 9 memoirs. He may be regarded as the
father of the solar panel.
13. Giacomo Luigi Ciamician
14. Avie Tevanian Avadis "Avie" Tevanian is a former Senior
Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple Computer and a
former Chief Software Technology Officer from. He is a member of
the board of embedded software tools company Green Hills Software.
Tevanian was responsible for setting company-wide software
technology direction at Apple. At Apple, he was the primary figure
in the development of Mac OS X. He is of Armenian descent.
15. Avie Tevanian and Steve Jobs (2002)
16. Varazdat Kazanjian Dr. Varaztad Hovhannes Kazanjian is one
of the great leaders responsible for the stature of plastic surgery
as a highly respected surgical specialty. was an oral surgeon, of
Armenian origin, who pioneered techniques for plastic surgery and
is considered to be the founder of the modern practice of plastic
surgery. He graduated from Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He
also coauthored the first concise book on plastic surgery. The
achievements of this distinguished surgeon will indeed be
remembered for years to come.
17. Varazdat Kazanjian
18. Alenush Terian lenush Terin (November 9, 1920 March 4,
2011), was an Iranian astronomer and physicist and is called
'Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy'. In 1964 Dr Terin became the
first female Professor of Physics in Iran.
19. Paris Herouni Paris M. Herouni was an Armenian professor
and scientist, member of National Academy of Sciences of the
Republic of Armenia in the fields of radio-physics,
radioengineering, and radioastronomy. He was a head of the Antenna
Systems chair (founded by him), in the State Engineering University
of Yerevan, as well as the Radio physics Research Institute
20. Lev Atamanov Lev Atamanov, born Levon Atamayan was a Soviet
animated films director of Armenian descent. Atamanov was one of
the foremost Soviet animation film directors and one of the
founders of Soviet animation art. He is the director of the famous
classics of Soviet animation .In his works Lev Atamanov subtly
conveyed the national colouring of fairy tales and combined
romantic elation in images of positive characters with warm and
kind humor.
21. Some of Atamanovs works:
22. (The Golden Antelope) & (Scarlet Flower)
23. Atamanovs first work. The Fence Enjoy!
24. We hope that our presentation was worth watching and it
helped you to know more about our Armenian fellow scientists Thank
you!