WWII hindered the progress of computer inventors like Atanasoff and Zuse but had the opposite effect on the first British steps toward the creation of electronic computers. During the war, the ...

James White Many thanks to Mr. Denis Roegel, Professor at Loria, France, for his seminal work on White’s […] ...

Private Military Companies (PMCs) are the modern day version of mercenaries, or soldiers for hire. Since the dawn of civilization, professional warriors have emerged in every race, culture, and ...

Keypoints There were few World War 2 fighter aircraft that could match the speed and firepower of America's top fighters The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and Lockheed P-38 Lightning were some of the best ...

Air Superiority: A Look at 15 Iconic Military Aircraft That Changed Aerial Combat Published: July 16, 2025 by Drew Cumens ...

Jacques de Vaucanson is a French engineer. He created the world’s first robots, the first automated loom, and the first all-metal lathe.

Everywhere we turn, we experience computing, the internet, and other amazing developments of the information age. During the last several decades progress has […] ...

Jean-Baptiste Sosime Schwilgué (1776–1856) was a famous French engineer and inventor from the 19th century, Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, best known as the architect of the last astronomical clock ...

A logarithm is the power which a certain number is raised to get another number. Before calculators and various types of complex computers were invented it was difficult for scientists and ...

Joseph Licklider Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (see biography of Licklider), called also J.C.R. or “Lick”, was an American scientist, an imaginative experimenter and theoretician, who left major marks ...

Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, codebreaker, and philosopher known for his Turing Test, an imitation game. He is best known, however, for his 1936 paper on the ...