Lesser-known inventions of great minds

Some of today’s technology goes back much further than you’d imagine

Answer: the first digital camera – John Wade explains how it all began

On 29 July 2021, more than four centuries after the invention of the telescope, the man who initiated a revolution in astronomy was finally honoured with a life-sized bronze statue. In the herb garden

As the Second World War raged across continents, the US Patent Office quietly issued Patent No 2,292,387 for a ‘Secret Communication System’. The document described an ingenious method for guiding rad

Peter Gallivan, author of The Hidden Heroes of Science, shines a spotlight on a star inventor.

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