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Christian Hülsmeyer: German inventor of the Telemobilskop, a radio-based detector of remote objects; a 1904 precursor of radar. Alexander von Humboldt: Naturalist and explorer. His quantitative work on botanical geography was foundational to the field of biogeography. Wilhelm von Humboldt: Originator of the linguistic relativity hypothesis.
Germany has been the home of many famous inventors, discoverers and engineers, including Carl von Linde, who developed the modern refrigerator. [2] Ottomar Anschütz and the Skladanowsky brothers were early pioneers of film technology , while Paul Nipkow and Karl Ferdinand Braun laid the foundation of the television with their Nipkow disk and ...
Augustus Siebe (1788–1872), Germany/UK – Inventor of the standard diving dress Sir William Siemens (1823–1883), Germany – regenerative furnace Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), Germany – electric elevator , Electromote (= first trolleybus ), an early Dynamo
Michael Maestlin (1550-1631), mathematician, astronomer, Kepler's mentor; Johannes Remus Quietanus, astronomer; Paul Hermann (1645-1696), botanist; Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), mathematician and astronomer, He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae ...
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Pages in category "20th-century German inventors" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 204 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), inventor, engineer and industrialist; founder of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, now Daimler AG; Adolf Dassler (1900–1978), founder of sportswear company Adidas; Rudolf Dassler (1898–1974), founder of sportwear company Puma; Adelbert Delbrück (1822–1899), co-founder of Deutsche Bank