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Spain is the home country of the largest fashion retail store and textiles designer in the world, Zara and its parent Inditex, making their CEO main shareholder, Amancio Ortega Gaona, the second wealthiest man in the world in 2015. Barcelona is the headquarters of another international retail company, Mango. Inventions: Farthingale
Celedonio Calatayud (1880-1931) pioneered the use of radiology and electrology in Europe for both diagnostics and therapeutical purposes, introducing radiotherapy in Spain in 1906. [14] Manuel Cardona Castro (1934-2014), physicist, researched superconductivity and the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with a semiconductor material. [15]
The scope of Spain's history with science and technology generally overlaps with the history of science and the history of technology of human history, particularly in Europe. [1] Classifying the degree of scientific , technical or technological notability of certain movements or inventions are established by the established discipline of ...
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The Gran Telescopio Canarias at sunset.. Science and technology in Spain relates to the set of policies, plans and programs carried out by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [1] and other organizations aimed at research, development and innovation (R&D&I), as well as the reinforcement Spanish scientific and technological infrastructures and facilities such as universities and ...
The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological ... Spain [286] 25 BC ... Textual evidence suggests that the first use of a land mine in history is by a ...
Spain and the United States signs the Pact of Madrid. 1955 Spain joins the United Nations. 1959: Spanish miracle: A period of economic growth began. 1973: Spanish miracle: The period ended. 1975: History of Spain (1975–present) 6 November: The Green March forced Spain to hand over its last remaining colonial possession, Spanish Sahara, to ...
Peral was the first successful submarine to be entirely powered by electric batteries and the first fully military-capable submarine in history. [clarification needed] [1] It was built by the Spanish engineer and sailor Isaac Peral for the Spanish Navy at the Arsenal de la Carraca (now Navantia), [2] [3] the submarine was launched on 8 September 1888.