The Swedish King Gustav II Adolf was known as an aggressive warrior king. Once upon a time in Sweden that very King allegedly uttered these words
“Next to God the welfare of the nation depends on its navy”
In 1625 he ordered four new warships and the finest of them all was named after the ruling dynasty; The Royal Warship Vasa. Read the rest of this entry »
In 1874 the german chemist Felix Hoffman wanted to create a new kind of medication; a safe non-addictive drug that would help people addicted to the great painkilling drug Morphine. While working for the medical firm Bayer he was able to synthesize diacetylmorphine. Read the rest of this entry »
In 1956 the Brazilian government asked the agricultural engineer and geneticist Dr Warwick Kerr to create a new kind of bee that could thrive in its tropical climate. Read the rest of this entry »
Herbjörn Wilhelmsen