Siteadmin, Bureaucrats, Check users, nsAm_Govt_101RO, nsAm_Govt_101RW, nsAm_Govt_101_ta, nsJudgesRO, nsJudgesRW, nsJudges_talkRO, nsJudges_talkRW, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
125,795
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 118:
Line 118: − + +
→Science and technology: the Loretto spiral staircase was designed and constructed by unknown carpenter without nails, electricity, or a supporting beam, and defies ordinary explanation to this day
:''(add more)''
:''(add more)''
===Science and technology===
===Science, engineering, architecture, and technology===
*the [[Loretto spiral staircase]] was designed and constructed by unknown carpenter without nails, electricity, or a supporting beam, and defies ordinary explanation to this day
*the greatest river engineer ever, James B. Eads, lacked any formal education and his revolutionary successes (such as the Eads Bridge) were opposed by leading experts<ref name="Eads bridge">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eads/peopleevents/p_jbeads.html</ref>
*the greatest river engineer ever, James B. Eads, lacked any formal education and his revolutionary successes (such as the Eads Bridge) were opposed by leading experts<ref name="Eads bridge">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eads/peopleevents/p_jbeads.html</ref>
*perhaps the greatest health program of the 20th century, using a new term he coined for his program ("aerobics"), was developed by military physician Kenneth Cooper outside of a major medical research facility
*perhaps the greatest health program of the 20th century, using a new term he coined for his program ("aerobics"), was developed by military physician Kenneth Cooper outside of a major medical research facility