In science, you have breakthrough discoveries, and more often than not, scientists build on the work of others. On The Invisible Mentor Blog, we have profiled some male scientists who have made phenomenal scientific discoveries – Babbage, Darwin, Einstein and Newton. Charles Babbage Charles Darwin Albert Einstein Sir Isaac Newton Charles Babbage, Father of the Computer, Mathematician, Professor, Inventor and Economic Theorist: Babbage designed a computer that he couldn’t build because the technology did not exist at the time. The London Science Museum constructed one of his computing machines from the original plans to … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Week in Review
September 24, 2011 by
This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: The Restorer by Amanda Stevens, Charles Darwin and Interview with Tracy Matthewman. Mondays at the Salon Recently I attended a workshop titled Going Beyond Google offered by SCIP (Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals) led by Sean Campbell of Cascade Insights. We have become so dependent on Google that we seldom look elsewhere to find information. This webinar was a great reminder to me about the hidden web, and I picked up some great tips that I’d like to share. Going Beyond Google for Research Booked on Tuesdays As I was reading Amanda … [Read more...]
Wisdom of Life: Charles Robert Darwin, Naturalist Who Presented the Origin of Species Theory
September 21, 2011 by
Take a moment and think about who gave you your big break? For Charles Robert Darwin, an English naturalist, clergyman and professor of biology, John Stevens Henslow gave him his big break when he was recommended for the position of an unpaid naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle expedition to chart coastlines in South America and other areas of the Pacific. That one big break given to Darwin helped to chart his life. Name: Charles Robert Darwin Birth Date: February 1809 – April 1882 Job Functions: English Naturalist Fields: Natural History, Geology, Evolution Known For: The Origin of Species Charles Robert Darwin was born in … [Read more...]
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