List of Bulgarian inventors and discoverers

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This is a List of Bulgarian inventors and discoverers, working locally or overseas. The list comprises people from Bulgaria and also people of predominantly Bulgarian heritage.

Education

The Cyrillic Alphabet, invented by St. Clement of Ohrid and used by most Slavic people (right). Its predecessor - the Glagolitic alphabet by Sts. Cyril and Methodius (left).

Computer Science and Technology

Prof. John Atanasoff, the inventor of the computer.

Physics

Prof. Georgi Nadjakov discovered the photoelectrets.
Prof. Ivan Stranski, the father of the kinetic theory of crystal growth (1940)

Technology

Medicine

Pharmacology

Prof. Carl Djerassi, the inventor of the oral contraceptive pill.

Astronomy

Aircraft

Assen Jordanoff, inventor, engineer, and aviator-pioneer.

Automotive

Literature

Elias Canetti, Nobel laureate in Literature (1981).

Art

Culture

See also

List of Bulgarian inventions and creations

References

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  4. Portraits in Silicon. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  5. Sretenova, Nikolina. "Ivan N. Stranski: An Exciting Journey to the Academic Top". Union of Scientists in Bulgaria. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  6. "Iwan Nikolà STRANSKI (1897 – Sofia – 1979)" (in German). History and Foundations of Quantum Physics. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  7. "Bulgarians That Built Modern America", Alexander Valchev, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria (2003), ISBN 978-9549126136
  8. Bulgarian Scientific Thought and Progress in the World, Advances in Bulgarian Science - 2-2005
  9. Peter D. Petroff Dies at 83; Devised a Digital Wristwatch
  10. The 6th heart sound. Mitev I. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1977 Mar; 70(3):265-72
  11. SAMUEL REFETOFF, MD, Interview conducted by Michael Chappelle, June 4, 2011
  12. Robert D. McFadden (January 31, 2015). "Carl Djerassi, 91, a Creator of the Birth Control Pill, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2015. Carl Djerassi, an eminent chemist who 63 years ago synthesized a hormone that changed the world by creating the key ingredient for the oral contraceptive known as 'the pill,' died at his home in San Francisco on Friday. He was 91. His son, Dale, said the cause was complications of liver and bone cancer....
  13. Ball P (2015) "Carl Djerassi", Nature 519(7541), 34.
  14. Zare, R. N. (2015). "Carl Djerassi (1923-2015)". Angewandte Chemie International Edition: n/a. doi:10.1002/anie.201501335.
  15. Capt Arthur H. Wagner Uscg (Ret), Arthur H. Wagner, Leon E. Braxton, Ltcol Leon E. (Bill) (2012). Birth of a Legend. Trafford Publishing. p. 27.
  16. Linde, Arvid, 2011, Preston Tucker & Others: Tales of Brilliant Automotive Innovations, Veloce Publishing PLC, ISBN 978-1-84584-017-4
  17. "Nobel Prize in Literature 1981". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
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