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*[[Astrobiology]] co-founded by [[Norair Sisakian]] |
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*Soviet [[chemical weapons]] co-developed by [[Ivan Knunyants]] |
*Soviet [[chemical weapons]] co-developed by [[Ivan Knunyants]] |
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*[[Kerosene lamp]] and the first [[oil refinery]], invented by [[Ignacy Łukasiewicz]] in 1853 and 1856, respectively<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wołkowicz |first1=Stanisław |last2=Graniczny |first2=Marek |last3=Wołkowicz |first3=Krystyna |last4=Urban |first4=Halina |title=History of the oil industry in Poland until 1939 |journal=Special Publications |date=2016 |volume=442 |pages=401-411 |url=https://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/442/1/401.short |publisher=[[Geological Society of London]] |quote=...the invention of an effective modern kerosene lamp by Ignacy Łukasiewicz in 1853.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Groysman |first1=Alec |title=Corrosion in Systems for Storage and Transportation of Petroleum Products and Biofuels |date=2014 |isbn=978-94-007-7884-9|doi=10.1007/978-94-007-7884-9_10 |page=224 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-7884-9_10 |chapter=History of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products |quote=...the Polish pharmacist Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822–1882) residing in Lvov and who built in 1856 probably the first oil refinery in the world.}}</ref> (Polish-born of Armenian ancestry)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ziółkowska-Boehm |first1=Aleksandra |author1-link=Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm |title=The Polish Experience Through World War II |date=2013 |publisher=[[Lexington Books]] |isbn=978-0-7391-7819-5 |page=22 |quote=The Polish Armenians have become an integral part of our Polish culture. Armenians ancestors ... brought us many famous people, such as: Ignacy Łukasiewicz...}}</ref> |
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*Modern [[Oil refinery]] invented by [[Ignacy Łukasiewicz]] |
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The following list contains notable inventions and discoveries made by ethnic Armenians, including those not born in Armenia and of partial Armenian ancestry.
Aerospace engineering
- MiG jet aircraft developed by Artem Mikoyan
- Lunokhod 1, the first space exploration rover developed by Alexander Kemurdzhian
- Sukhoi jet aircraft developed by Mikhail Pogosyan[1]
- R-7 Semyorka and Soyuz spacecraft co-developed by Andronik Iosifyan
Computer science
- Mach kernel co-developed by Avie Tevanian (US-born of Armenian ancestry)[2]
- Elbrus supercomputers developed by Boris Babayan[3]
- Ellipsoid method, developed in 1979 by Leonid Khachiyan[4][5] (Russian-born to Armenian parents)[6][7]
- Reddit, co-founded by Alexis Ohanian in 2005[8] (US-born, father of Armenian ancestry)[9]
Mathematics
- Modern abstract algebra co-developed by Emil Artin
- Earliest known elementary arithmetic operations developed by Anania Shirakatsi
- Mergelyan's theorem developed by Sergey Mergelyan
Medicine
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond Damadian
- Modern Plastic surgery invented by Varaztad Kazanjian
- Positron emission tomography (PET) invented in 1974 by Michel Ter-Pogossian[10] (American, German-born to Armenian parents)[11][12]
- First licensed Rotavirus vaccine developed by Albert Kapikian
Physics
- First heavy water nuclear reactor in Europe developed by Abram Alikhanov
- U-70 synchrotron developed by Abram Alikhanov
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) founded by Abram Alikhanov
- Theoretical astrophysics in the Soviet Union co-founded by Viktor Ambartsumian
- Heaviest elements of the periodic table such as Oganesson co-discovered by Yuri Oganessian
- Elementary Particle Physics chair of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) founded by Karen Ter-Martirosian
- First Soviet nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles developed by Samvel Kocharyants
- Markarian galaxies -Discovering ultraviolett light from far galaxies and classification of many other galaxies by Astrophysist- Benjamin Markarian
Other
- Color television co-developed by Hovannes Adamian
- Color X-ray patent by Luther Simjian[13][14]
- Automated teller machine (ATM) co-developed by Luther Simjian[15]
- BTA-6 telescope developed by Bagrat Ioannisiani[16]
- Zildjian cymbals developed by Avedis Zildjian
- Kirlian photography, invented in 1939 by Semyon Kirlian[17] (Russian-born to Armenian family)[18]
- Astrobiology co-founded by Norair Sisakian
- Soviet chemical weapons co-developed by Ivan Knunyants
- Kerosene lamp and the first oil refinery, invented by Ignacy Łukasiewicz in 1853 and 1856, respectively[19][20] (Polish-born of Armenian ancestry)[21]
References
- ^ Face the facts with... Mikhail Pogosyan
- ^ Markoff, John; Brock, David C.; Hsu, Hansen (February 2, 2017). "Oral History of Avadis Tevanian" (PDF). computerhistory.org. Computer History Museum. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2020.
Tevanian: So I'm 100% Armenian. Both of my parents are Armenian and both of their parents, all of my grandparents came over in the early 1900s from Armenia as part of the war with the Turks.
- ^ Pioneering Architect of Soviet-era Computing
- ^ Bland, Robert G.; Goldfarb, Donald; Todd, Michael J. (1981). "The Ellipsoid Method: A Survey" (PDF). Operations Research. 29 (6): 1039–1091. doi:10.1287/opre.29.6.1039. JSTOR 170362. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-01.
- ^ Todd, Michael (October 2005). "Leonid Khachiyan, 1952–2005: An Appreciation". SIAG/OPT Views-and-News. 16 (1–2). SIAM Activity Group on Optimization: 4–6. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.131.3938.
- ^ "World Renowned Computer Scientist Leonid G. Khachiyan Dies at 52" (PDF)., (non-PDF archived version) "Of Armenian descent, Khachiyan was born on May 3, 1952, in St. Petersburg..."
- ^ Whitney, Craig R. (November 27, 1979). "Soviet Mathematician Is Obscure No More". The New York Times.
Mr. Khachiyan is of Armenian background...
- ^ Isaac, Mike (July 11, 2015). "The New Reddit C.E.O.'s Many Challenges". The New York Times.
- ^ Kompanek, Christopher (September 20, 2013). "Alexis Ohanian on founding Reddit and future start-ups". Financial Times. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
His mother was born in Hamburg and his paternal grandparents were Armenian immigrants.
- ^ "Michel Ter-Pogossian Honored as Nuclear Medicine Pioneer". The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 26 (5): 449. May 1985.
- ^ Wackers, Frans J. Th. (August 2018). "Michael M. Ter-Pogossian (1925-1996)". Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 25 (4): 1090–1091. doi:10.1007/s12350-018-1313-9. PMID 29869324.
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (June 21, 1996). "Michel M. Ter-Pogossian, 71; Led Research on PET Scanner". The New York Times. p. 25.
- ^ "Medicine: Colored X-Rays". Time. July 9, 1934.
- ^ "Science Snap-shots". The Literary Digest. 118 (11): 16. July 14, 1934.
Combining the X-ray with television, and adding improvements of his own, Luther G. Simjian, young inventor of photographic devices, has produced an X-ray capable of showing the organs of the body in color..
- ^ White, Matt (19 August 2015). "1967: First Cash Dispenser". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020.
Pre-dating the lot was Luther Simjian's Bankograph, trialled in the US by the City Bank of New York as early as 1961. Unpopular with customers, the machine, essentially a deposit box without a cash-dispensing facility, survived no longer than six months.
- ^ "World's biggest telescope shows off its paces". New Scientist. 5 December 1974. p. 715.
- ^ Pilkington, Mark (4 February 2004). "Bodies of light". The Guardian.
- ^ Ponomarev, Fedor (26 February 2020). "«Пошёл дальше Теслы». Кем был изобретатель «эффекта Кирлиана»". kuban.aif.ru (in Russian). Argumenty i Fakty. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021.
Семён Кирлиан появился на свет в большой армянской семье...
- ^ Wołkowicz, Stanisław; Graniczny, Marek; Wołkowicz, Krystyna; Urban, Halina (2016). "History of the oil industry in Poland until 1939". Special Publications. 442. Geological Society of London: 401–411.
...the invention of an effective modern kerosene lamp by Ignacy Łukasiewicz in 1853.
- ^ Groysman, Alec (2014). "History of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products". Corrosion in Systems for Storage and Transportation of Petroleum Products and Biofuels. p. 224. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7884-9_10. ISBN 978-94-007-7884-9.
...the Polish pharmacist Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822–1882) residing in Lvov and who built in 1856 probably the first oil refinery in the world.
- ^ Ziółkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra (2013). The Polish Experience Through World War II. Lexington Books. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-7391-7819-5.
The Polish Armenians have become an integral part of our Polish culture. Armenians ancestors ... brought us many famous people, such as: Ignacy Łukasiewicz...