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This article lists inventions and discoveries made by individuals with Serbian nationality within Serbia and outside the country, as well as those made in the territorial area of what is now Serbia prior to the Slavic migration of of the 7th century.
==List==
[[File:Flag map of Serbia (with Kosovo).png|center|thumb|Flag map of Serbia (with Kosovo)]]

==Prehistoric developments on the territory of present day Serbia==
[[File:Vinča culture locator map.svg|center|thumb|Territory of prehistoric Vinča civilization ]]
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*'''[[Ventilation (architecture)|Air ventilation]]'''<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-archaeology-balkans-idUSL0782181520071112|title=Prehistoric women had passion for fashion|date=12 November 2016|publisher=|accessdate=14 November 2016|via=Reuters}}</ref>

*'''[[Chimney]]'''<ref name=":0" /> "The Vinca culture flourished from 5500 to 4000 BC on the territories of what is now Bosnia, Serbia, Romania and Macedonia...The furnace, built on the outside of the room, featured earthen pipe-like air vents with hundreds of tiny holes in them and a prototype chimney to ensure air goes into the furnace to feed the fire and smoke comes out safely."

*'''[[Miniskirt]]'''/'''[[Skirt]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-493239/Stone-Age-mini-skirts-prehistoric-women-passion-fashion.html|title=Stone Age mini-skirts and prehistoric women with a passion for fashion|publisher=|accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.messagetoeagle.com/mysterious-ancient-vinca-culture-and-its-undeciphered-script/|title=Mysterious Ancient Vinca Culture And Its Undeciphered Script {{!}} MessageToEagle.com|date=2015-09-30|work=MessageToEagle.com|access-date=2017-07-25|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/serbiavinca.htm|title=The Vinca Culture (Old Europe).|last=Whitaker|first=Alex|website=www.ancient-wisdom.com|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref>"But now archaeologists say the true origins of the mini go back to the very dawn of civilisation. They have unearthed evidence that Stone Age women were wearing mini-skirts - along with short tops and bracelets - more than 7,500 years ago."

*'''[[Vinča script]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/danube-valley-civilisation-script-oldest-writing-world-001343|title=Is the Danube Valley Civilization script the oldest writing in the world?|first=|last=johnblack|publisher=|accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref> (Oldest form of writing) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.ca/search?q=vinca%20script&safe=off&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA708CA708&espv=2&biw=1164&bih=622&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNq8eMtO_PAhUDVz4KHUtkCZkQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1.1#imgrc=_uDoP8YLBl3XiM:|title=vinca script - Google Search|publisher=|accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref><ref>http://ivoandric.no/biblioteka/Istorija/Radivoje%20Pesic%20-%20Vincansko%20pismo.pdf</ref>

*'''[[Swastika]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/symbol-swastika-and-its-12000-year-old-history-001312|title=The symbol of the Swastika and its 12,000-year-old history|first=|last=johnblack|publisher=|accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref>

*'''[[Copper Age]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413558|title=Copper Age began earlier than believed, scientists say|first=The Megalithic Portal and Megalith|last=Map|publisher=|accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref> The copper age, which marked the end of the stone age and initiated wide spread metallurgy began in Plocnik, Serbia.

*'''Tin alloy [[bronze]] '''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://haemus.org.mk/6500-year-old-tin-bronze-from-serbia/|title=6,500-year old tin-bronze from Serbia - HAEMUS - Center for scientific research and promotion of culture|publisher=|accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref>

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==Medieval contributions by Paleo-Balkan peoples (Illyrians)==
[[File:Constantine XI Palaiologos miniature.jpg|center|thumb]] 

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|'''[[Byzantine architecture]]''' began with the building of [[Constantine the Great|Constantine's]] churches. There were two chief types of plan in use: the [[Basilica|basilican]], or axial, type, represented by the basilica at the [[Holy Sepulchre]], and the circular, or central, type, represented by the great octagonal church once at [[Antioch]]. Constantine built churches from Rome to Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/early-christian1/a/early-christian-art-and-architecture-after-constantine|title=Khan Academy|website=Khan Academy|language=en|access-date=2017-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orderofconstantinethegreat.com/constantine_the_great.htm|title=Constantine the Great & The Byzantine Empire|website=www.orderofconstantinethegreat.com|access-date=2017-07-24}}</ref>

 

[[First Council of Nicaea]] convoked by Constatine, developed the [[Nicene Creed]] which established uniform observance of the date of [[Easter]] and promulgation of early [[canon law]]

 

'''[[Edict of Milan]]'''

 

'''[[Constantinian shift]]'''

 

|'''[[Constantine the Great]]''' was an [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] from [[Niš]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ocnal.com/2017/03/illyrian-emperors-formalized.html?m=1|title=Illyrian emperors formalized Christianity - Constantine I and Justinian I|work=Oculus News|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zmija|first=Dijana|title=THE ILLYRIANS-SERBIAN ANCIENT ROOTS, CULT OF SNAKE AND SYMBOLISAM OF A SNAKE FOR ALL OVER THE WORLD|url=http://www.academia.edu/3473137/THE_ILLYRIANS-SERBIAN_ANCIENT_ROOTS_CULT_OF_SNAKE_AND_SYMBOLISAM_OF_A_SNAKE_FOR_ALL_OVER_THE_WORLD|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/constantine-the-great-6577.php|title=Who is Constantine the Great? Everything You Need to Know|access-date=2017-07-25|language=en-US}}</ref> In the [[Balkans]], [[Serbs]] settled first around rivers [[Tara (Drina)|Tara]], [[Ibar (river)|Ibar]], [[Drina]] and [[Lim (river)|Lim]] (in the present-day border region of [[Serbia]], [[Montenegro]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], but also [[Dalmatia]]), and joined with surrounding [[South Slavs|South Slavic]] tribes that came to the Balkans earlier (in the 6th century) and the Paleo-Balkan people. Over time, the Balkan and mostly Illyrian tribes of this territory mixed with the Serbs and also adopted the Serb name as their own.<ref name="Sava S 1998, page 36">Sava S. Vujić - Bogdan M. Basarić, Severni Srbi (ne)zaboravljeni narod, Beograd, 1998, page 36.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=wEF5oN5erE0C&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=slavs+absorbed+illyrians&source=bl&ots=leBVHWGjHM&sig=VQh_jFWff9fFi-j-RczNo6ELjP0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAx9CsmKPVAhXL6oMKHQxdBaoQ6AEIMDAG#v=onepage&q=slavs%20absorbed%20illyrians&f=false|title=When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans: A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods|last=Fine|first=John V. A.|date=2010-02-05|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0472025600|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/secondary/eb1911/illyria*.html|title=Illyria — Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911|website=penelope.uchicago.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=Cvk6oMf9R7AC&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=slavs+absorbed+illyrians&source=bl&ots=_HMD1hSGVQ&sig=ksHt-u_H5GpL67HryMXMTR1yjiU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAx9CsmKPVAhXL6oMKHQxdBaoQ6AEIOjAJ#v=onepage&q=slavs%20absorbed%20illyrians&f=false|title=Bosnia: A Short History|last=Malcolm|first=Noel|date=October 1996|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814755617|language=en}}</ref>
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==Inventions and discoveries by individuals which go by the modern name 'Serb'==
[[File:Nikola Tesla Manufacturer & Builder.gif|center|thumb|Nikola Tesla]]
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==Political and cultural contributions, discoveries and developments from the territory of present day Serbia==
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|'''[[Vampire]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/vampire-threat-terrorizes-serbian-village/story?id=17831327|title=Vampire Threat Terrorizes Village|first=A. B. C.|last=News|date=29 November 2012|publisher=|accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref> Vampire folklore and mythology originated in Serbia in the late 1720s, beginning with the cases of [[Arnold Paole]] and [[Petar Blagojevich]]

|'''Serbian folklore'''
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|'''[[Non-Aligned Movement]]''' (founded in Belgrade)

|'''[[Josip Broz Tito]]'''
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Revision as of 00:20, 30 July 2017

This article lists inventions and discoveries made by individuals with Serbian nationality within Serbia and outside the country, as well as those made in the territorial area of what is now Serbia prior to the Slavic migration of of the 7th century.

Flag map of Serbia (with Kosovo)

Prehistoric developments on the territory of present day Serbia

Territory of prehistoric Vinča civilization
Inventions, innovations and discoveries
Invention\discovery Inventor\discoverer
  • Chimney[1] "The Vinca culture flourished from 5500 to 4000 BC on the territories of what is now Bosnia, Serbia, Romania and Macedonia...The furnace, built on the outside of the room, featured earthen pipe-like air vents with hundreds of tiny holes in them and a prototype chimney to ensure air goes into the furnace to feed the fire and smoke comes out safely."
  • Miniskirt/Skirt[2][3][4]"But now archaeologists say the true origins of the mini go back to the very dawn of civilisation. They have unearthed evidence that Stone Age women were wearing mini-skirts - along with short tops and bracelets - more than 7,500 years ago."
  • Copper Age[9] The copper age, which marked the end of the stone age and initiated wide spread metallurgy began in Plocnik, Serbia.
 Vinča culture

Medieval contributions by Paleo-Balkan peoples (Illyrians)

 

Inventions, innovations and discoveries
Invention\discovery Inventor\discoverer
Byzantine architecture began with the building of Constantine's churches. There were two chief types of plan in use: the basilican, or axial, type, represented by the basilica at the Holy Sepulchre, and the circular, or central, type, represented by the great octagonal church once at Antioch. Constantine built churches from Rome to Jerusalem.[11][12]

 

First Council of Nicaea convoked by Constatine, developed the Nicene Creed which established uniform observance of the date of Easter and promulgation of early canon law

 

Edict of Milan

 

Constantinian shift

 

Constantine the Great was an Illyrian from Niš.[13][14][15] In the Balkans, Serbs settled first around rivers Tara, Ibar, Drina and Lim (in the present-day border region of Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also Dalmatia), and joined with surrounding South Slavic tribes that came to the Balkans earlier (in the 6th century) and the Paleo-Balkan people. Over time, the Balkan and mostly Illyrian tribes of this territory mixed with the Serbs and also adopted the Serb name as their own.[16][17][18][19]

Inventions and discoveries by individuals which go by the modern name 'Serb'

Nikola Tesla
Inventions, innovations and discoveries
Invention\discovery Inventor\discoverer
Hair clipper(and buzz cut)[20] "Manual hair clippers were invented by the Serbian inventor named Nikola Bizumić. Before the advent of the electrically powered Clippers, these clippers were widely used by barbers to chop hair close and fast. The clipper accumulates hair in locks to rapidly depilate your head. This type of haircut is normal in the military in addition to among boys in schools where strict grooming conventions will be in effect." Nikola Bizumić
Concluded that soldiers who have been subjected to blasts were suffering from physical brain injury rather than what most thought to be PTSD Ibolja Cernak
Ćuk converter Slobodan Ćuk
Strawberry Tree (solar energy device) Strawberry Energy
Graph energy

Matching polynomial

Ivan Gutman
Jovan Karamata
Kurepa tree Djuro Kurepa
Migma Bogdan Maglich
  • Milankovitch cycles
  • Revised Julian calendar[21] "(second most accurate calendar ever written)"
  • Calculated temperatures of the upper layers of the earths atmosphere as well as temperature conditions of planets on the inner solar system as well as depth of the atmosphere of the outer planets.[22]
 Milutin Milankovitch
Dogfight\Fighter aircraft The first aerial dogfight occurred during the Battle of Cer (15–24 August 1914), when Serbian aviator Miodrag Tomić encountered an Austro-Hungarian plane while performing a reconnaissance mission over Austro-Hungarian positions. The Austro-Hungarian pilot initially waved, and Tomić reciprocated. The Austro-Hungarian pilot then fired at Tomić with his revolver. [23] Tomić produced a pistol of his own and fired back. Tomić managed to escape, and within several weeks, all Serbian and Austro-Hungarian planes were fitted with machine-guns. [24][25] Military
Tihomir Novakov
Loading coil[28] Mihajlo Pupin

Those are just a few examples of early computers developed by Serbia. Along with the former Yugoslav republics, Serbia is a pioneer in computer technology.

Mihajlo Pupin Institute
  • Andisone sleep theory
  • pioneering pharmalogical studies for the treatment of sleep apnea
 Miodrag Radulovacki
First prosthetic hand with 5 fingers [29] Rajko Tomović
Quantum discord Vlatko Verdal
webGL

APNG

Vladimir Vukićević
  • Powered exoskeleton/Humanoid robotics[30] "The beginning of the development of humanoid robotics coincided with the beginning of the development of the world's first active exoskeletons at the Mihailo Pupin Institute in 1969, under the guidance of Prof. Vukobratovic. Legged locomotion systems were developed first. Also, the first theory of these systems was developed in the same institute, in the frame of active exoskeletons. Hence, it can be said that active exoskeletons were the predecessors of the modern high-performance humanoid robots. The present-day active exoskeletons are developed as the systems for enhancing capabilities of the natural human skeletal system. The most successful version of an active exoskeleton for rehabilitation of paraplegics and similar disabled persons, pneumatically powered and electronically programmed was realized and tested at Belgrade Orthopedic Clinic in 1972."
  • Robot locomotion/Zero moment point [31]"The zero moment point is a very important concept in the motion planning for biped robots. Since they have only two points of contact with the floor and they are supposed to walk, "run" or "jump" (in the motion context), their motion has to be planned concerning the dynamical stability of their whole body. This is not an easy task, especially because the upper body of the robot (torso) has larger mass and inertia than the legs which are supposed to support and move the robot. This can be compared to the problem of balancing an inverted pendulum."
 Miomir Vukobratovic
Nikola Tesla

Political and cultural contributions, discoveries and developments from the territory of present day Serbia

Inventions, innovations and discoveries
Invention\discovery Inventor\discoverer
Vampire[47] Vampire folklore and mythology originated in Serbia in the late 1720s, beginning with the cases of Arnold Paole and Petar Blagojevich Serbian folklore
Non-Aligned Movement (founded in Belgrade) Josip Broz Tito

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