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Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961), civil engineer, structural architect, world-famous specialist in concrete structures. [64] [65] Juanelo Turriano (1500-1585) Italo-Spanish clockmaker, engineer and mathematician, he built the Artificio de Juanelo, an engine that, driven by the river itself, lifted water from the Tagus to a height of almost 100 ...
Carlos Albizu Miranda (1920–1984) was one of the first Hispanics to earn a PhD in Psychology in the United States and the first Hispanic educator to have a North American University renamed in his honor. [81] Albizu Miranda, cousin of the Puerto Rican Nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, was born in Ponce.
Hispanic and Latino American physicists (20 P) Pages in category "Hispanic and Latino American scientists" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
A field-sequential color television system similar to his Tricolor system was used in NASA's Voyager mission in 1979, to take pictures and video of Jupiter. [2]There was a Mexican science research and technology group created La Funck Guillermo González Camarena or The Guillermo González Camarena Foundation in 1995 that was beneficial to creative and talented inventors in Mexico.
Plumbing:The Maya have been found to be the earliest inventors of plumbing in Mesoamerica, with the earliest example of a pressurized water system being constructed in 750 CE—or earlier. This pressurized water system was located in the Maya site of Palenque , where public baths and toilets were accessible to the residents of the ancient city.
Read these Hispanic Heritage Month quotes from famous Hispanic and Latino icons, including Eva Longoria, George Lopez and Frida Kahlo.
This is a list of notable Latin American people, in alphabetical order within categories. Actors. Wagner Moura (born 1976) Fernanda Montenegro (born 1929)
Celebrated Hispanic historical figures Nina Otero-Warren, an educator and politician, the singer Celia Cruz, and Jovita Idar, a journalist, are recent faces that have graced U.S. currency — all ...