Have there ever been any notable inventions or famous people from Switzerland? What does their history consist of? What are the demographics?
2007-01-21 10:47:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
*Georges Audemars
The Swiss inventor chemist, Georges Audemars invented rayon around 1855.
*Dr Jacques Edwin Brandenberger
Cellophane was invented by Jacques E. Brandenberger in 1908, a Swiss inventor and textile engineer.
*Francois-Louis Cailler and Daniel Peter
Masters of chocolate innovation from Switzerland.
*George de Mestral
George de Mestral takes his dog for a walk and a new invention is born called Velcro.
*Alex Mueller
Alex Mueller, along with his colleague, J. Georg Bednorz, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 for his discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in a new class of materials.
*Heinrich Rohrer
Swiss inventor, Heinrich Rohrer co-invented the scanning tunneling microscope or STM, which provided the first images of individual atoms on the surfaces of materials.
*Horace Bénédict de Saussure
In 1783, Swiss inventor, physicist, and geologist Horace Bénédict de Saussure built the first hygrometer using a human hair to measure humidity.
2007-01-21 10:56:48 · answer #1 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good place to start your research would be Wikipedia.com. The article cited below has a lot of information and is full of links for further details. It gives a link to famous people and gives a brief history of Switzerland and is chock full of demographic information.
2007-01-21 18:58:49 · answer #2 · answered by Peaches 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a list of famous swiss people in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Swiss_people
Charlie Chaplain wasn't born there, but he was a longtime resident. I didn't recognize anyone else on the list (but it's quite long).
2007-01-21 18:58:23 · answer #3 · answered by seweccentric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they took credit for AL Gores lock box
2007-01-21 18:54:39 · answer #4 · answered by fuufingf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The women, those icebars, and saying "SKOLL!" Before they drink some very powerful alcohol
2007-01-21 18:55:14 · answer #5 · answered by Answerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wasnt teh religious founder john calvin born there?
2007-01-21 20:29:52 · answer #6 · answered by cav 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chocolate!
2007-01-21 18:52:26 · answer #7 · answered by Yo Ya ma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RIIIIIIIIIICOLLLAAAAAAAAAA!
2007-01-21 18:58:27 · answer #8 · answered by fatp3ngu1n 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋