Without Walkie-Talkies nobody could have possibly thought of Star Trek communicators, and without Star Trek communicators nobody could have possibly thought of mobile phones, and without mobile phones ERA would have to deliver its nine million daily SMS ads by hand. Pretty obvious. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. As an example Lech Wałęsa (A Pole) got it but he deserved it and now Obama got it? If you don’t already, I can’t explain why you should. I mean the idea of pumping the black sticky stuff out of the ground and turning it into something useful. Copernicus’s discovery was pretty amazing, considering that the telescope hadn’t been invented yet. I like the part of giving exposure to the unknown. James Watt also looked typically Slav. It was the first mine detector that could be carried and operated by one man and the Mark 4c version remained in service with the British Army until 1995.

:). I was kicking myself the next day when I realized I didn’t include Chopin. What did he say? Even all US presidents have been using Sikorsky invention for more than half a century. 15 Ukrainian Inventions That Changed the World. Anatoliy Malikhin, a Ph.D. in medical sciences, had been studying the dependence between biochemical parameters and formula of blood. It captures the streams of a strong wind and reduces its power by countering the counterflow of air. That old prick is traitor and cheater.

[…] Polish have had some great ideas in the past, but can this really be counted as one of […]. This one is a bit of a stretch, but what the hell. Gradually, his small company turned into a powerful concern, annually producing hundreds of civilian and military helicopters. Cool and funny. Now that’s quite a complement, isn’t it? William Addis was an English entrepreneur who became popular in the world for his invention of…the toothbrush. Who invented it and why? The Ottomans were cut down and destroyed. Stupid movies. As the Pope, he touched the lives of millions across the globe. You lost your mind, probably. Like Poles invented the Hybrid bus with the Polish company Solaris Bus & 1. With this in mind Kosacki invented the Mine detector (Polish) Mark I in 1942. Over the next couple years they rampaged through Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic states, eventually invading Poland, which was brought to its knees. Initially, it used numbers from 1 to 10, and later the format was changed to a number-letter-number. So, What he is not American? Imagine not being able to publish in English, but Russian, for example. There was no next to no chance to revive ourselves in less than 20 years. Like a lot of Poles at that time he found it advisable to move to the United States as soon as possible and duly did so in 1890. Whales. Fortunately, a year later the war b… “yeah yeah yeah.. lot of inventors.. but got no nobel laureates …. But then I read that Americans invented bad grammar, which sounds as bad, only more hilarious. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions. The difficulty with whale oil is that you have to persuade the whale to part with it, a process that involves a lot of tedious sailing about in the middle of the ocean, nasty sharp harpoons, and people who insist on being called Ishmael.
I love yours blog.:). Cancel this reply […]. Unfortunately not all of them know how to benefit from it, fancying they have something interesting to say nonetheless. Yet, Poles took out a larger percentage of Germans than French & Brits did. In July of that year, Ottoman leader Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha set his sights on Vienna, Austria.
What was significant, however, was his miraculous defeat of the Soviet Union at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920. He became a national icon, around which the Poles (then still controlled by the Soviet Union) rallied and were empowered with the will to fight for their identity and independence. Poland never cared for it’s citizens. Patti (and others who mentioned other notable Poles): Yes. He couldn’t really see what he was theorizing about and  had to rely solely on abstract thought and reasoning.

In 1922 he gave a public demonstration of his process in which he showed a film of his wife, Helena, saying “I will ring” and then ringing a bell. No for traitors and cheaters! Some will be new for you. Today, every third grader knows that the earth revolves around the sun—you can thank Nicolaus Copernicus for that. I loved the references to Blue Harvest. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. He used a small bone from his meal, made holes and attached bristles. I thought the Germans were the first to fight. The inventor of the helicopter is the Kyiv aircraft designer, who emigrated to the USA, Igor Sikorsky. Józef Kosacki (1909–1990) was an officer in the Polish Army during World War II.

:). The Inventors are still Polish if they moved to the U.S. He spoke 7 languages.

Pilsudski whooped Soviets ass in 1920 and that stopped Soviets for almost another two decades from “spreading the word” Like Like. ( Log Out /  Here’s my list of five Poles who changed the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Szczepanik, What a clever people we, poles,are:)) Greetings. The principle of action was the basis for the creation of a kinescope. After the Communists took over in Russia in 1917, they sought to spread their ideology across all of Europe. Rozwadowski was the equivalent of America’s Patton. Go to hell with him. It can be on YouTube or any where else.

Why is there never a lipreader around when you need one! Before America… Poland was the greatest country in the world, and could fight too. You have to watch the end to know what I mean :), Another interesting one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Funk.

Your bullets cannot harm me! Thank you, Jacek! This article is silly. She’d be even older than Leon Hurwicz, because she died at teh age of 98. When a number of European countries refused to apply his anti-cholera vaccine, Havkin moved to India where he created the first anti-plague vaccine. Finding work at the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (later known as Motorola) he worked on the wartime project to produce a portable communications system for the United States Signal Corps that resulted in the SCR-300 (the radio you see strapped to some doomed character’s back in every WWII movie) and the SCR-536 (the classic handheld device about the size of a 1980s mobile phone with the press-to-talk function). Ukrainian Ivan Puluiyev constructed a tube, which later became a prototype of modern X-ray machines 14 years before the German Wilhelm Röntgen. And you are right, Russia, Prussia and Austria did not care for Poland and Poles. In fact they are so inventive they actually invented a lot of things you thought were invented by somebody else, or that just happened somehow. Thanks for your comment, Sofi:) I am definitely planning a post on influential Polish Americans! The Guinness books of records regonized Matt Urban as the most highly decorated soldier in World War II. In the 9th century the Persian scholar and all-round smarty pants al-Razi distilled petroleum to produce kerosene, but his process never became an industry. We call this people in inthernet as “dzieci neo” what means “kids of neostrada”, polish most used ISP (internet service provider). Anyway he was only kinda symbol. Here in the United States, schools are quick to teach students about famous Americans and western Europeans. I have enjoyed reading and learning about my heritage (97 percent Polish). Yuri Voronyi made the world’s first kidney transplant in 1933. The first optical disc was created for a super computer of the time. ( Log Out /  3 of those were invented in the US, one invented 23 years after the inventor moved to the US. 1911 chemistry If talking movies hadn’t been invented nobody would understand when I said “Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?” and I’d probably get locked up even though I can do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. Yes, “The Fighting Polish” – The first to fight. He decided to improve the way prisoners brush their teeth. Well, Poles are generally clever people, but unfortunately there we may se the examples of some meatheads :/. Poland became independent again DESPITE Walesa. The two elements she discovered were Polonium (which she named after Poland) and radium. Sad thing is that most of those things were invented by emmigrants. Between 1772-1918 Poland did not exist Mario. Scientists at the National Aviation University and the Aerospace Institute have introduced a development called the liquid scalpel. He was charismatic, compassionate, warm, sensitive, kind, generous, charming, captivating, congenial, and sympathetic. Between WW1 and WW2, Pilsudski was advised by his brilliant young military commanders to invest in TANKS because they would be decisive to any future war Poland would have to fight; to Poland’s great cost the tin pot dictator refused – but Germany did invest in tanks. Eventually, he sort of became Poland’s dictator, but none of that is of global significance. And today… He s clearly demented. I believe the elites inthe British Isles are all R1a haplogroup. What a fucking joke! and -nemo- what do you mean by ‘no noble laureates’? Search for; Mertiso’s tips go viral. Prior to that, people had believed that everything revolved around the earth, an idea that had long been guarded by the Roman Catholic church. The system of operation of the capsule is quite simple – at first a small parachute pulls out a large parachute, and the later one pulls out the capsule.

Pilsudski whooped Soviets ass in 1920 and that stopped Soviets for almost another two decades from “spreading the word”. Change ). But I don’t think anybody understood them…. Some will be new for you. Jamie! Anthony Chudzik says: June 22, 2015 at 2:17 pm Excellent idea for bringing the knowledge of Polish history to the wider group of people. In France, he invented an anti-cholera vaccine. Google search Polish Inventions and you will see. That’s where the mine detector comes in.

The entire map could have changed, impacting not only Europe, but the rest of the world. Poland has always been there to support USA since the Revolutionary War, Starting with, General Casimir Pulaski, “Founder of the American Cavalry.”, General Thaddeus Kosciuszko “Founder of West Point.”. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. So next time you get an X-ray, remember it wouldn’t have been possible without a Pole. Although the Ottomans nearly overwhelmed the city, Sobieski arrived in the knick of time, charging from the surrounding forests with the hussars. This is why the world loves Polish People. Rozwadowski and Paderewski could be number 5 on your list, but how about adding Ryszard Kuklinski? He lived in Litzmannstadt Ghetto in the city of Łódź, and after years of life in fear, he had been taken to the concentration camp in Auschwitz in 1944. The inventor of the helicopter is the Kyiv aircraft designer, who emigrated to the USA, Igor Sikorsky.