World’s first Anti-Reflection Lens Coating invented by Ukrainian A. Smakula in 1935 became German...
Without the invention of anti-reflection lens coatings, modern lenses couldn’t exist. With nothing added to the surface of a glass lens, about 4% of...
‘Ukrainian’ Bohachevsky Function, Apollo-11 Moon Landing and Return to Orbit
One of the most popular posts on Reddit recently with over 50,000 likes was the one in the 'Today I Learned' section with the...
Cuban Crisis Missile, the R-12. Made in Ukraine
"The first enterprise was the Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-586) formed at the plant in Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine by an order of the Council of Ministers...
Kistiakowsky, Truman, Stalin, dental drill, 10-dollar bet with Oppenheimer: The Trinity Atomic Bomb Test...
The quotes below are taken from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Making of the Atomic Bomb by American journalist and historian Richard Rhodes: "On April...
