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Motive Power of Civilization
Ukrainian science originated in 10th to 12th centuries. The names of scholars of the Kyiv Rus were well known to the medieval Europe. Among them, for instance, was philologist Meletiy Smotrytsky whose Slovenian Grammar laid the foundation for spelling a great many of Slavic languages. In the 18th century the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was a major center of science and scholarship. The universities founded in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, and Odessa in the 19th century rapidly won and still retain solid reputations as scientific centers.
The 20th century was most fruitful for the development of Ukrainian research scholarships that found world recognition: in geo-chemistry and natural history (the founder is V. Vernadsky), microbiology (I. Mechnikov, D. Zabolotny), biology (O. Bogomolets), chemistry (L. Pysarzhevsky), mechanics (S. Tymoshenko), electrical welding and bridge building (E. Paton), physics (M. Bogoliubov), cybernetics (S. Lebedev, V. Hlushkov), space engineering (M. Yangel) and many others.
A range of inventions made by the Ukrainian scientists have laid a foundation, became a bearing for the development of world science. Among these are such outstanding achievements as the artificial nuclear reaction to split lithium nucleus; production of heavy water, the Europe's first computer; new areas pioneered in metallurgy such as electric metallurgy; development of rockets and spacecraft having no world analogues etc.
After collapse of the USSR, Ukrainian science went through difficult times. Constant lack in financing led to suspending the great many of scientific researches, the material resources to become obsolete, and a 'brain-drain' for a number of reputed scholars have emigrated abroad seeking better conditions for their work.
Nevertheless, to date the situation has much improved. Ukrainian achievements in the field of mathematics, physics, mechanics, information technologies and other scientific trends related to the manufacture of the high-tech science-intensive products are being successfully integrated into the international scientific community. And continue to affect, and often identify the direction for further development of the human civilization.
Next at our site you will find information materials about new achievements and inventions, outstanding personalities of the world science whose life and work were connected with Ukraine.
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 | Sergey Koroliov: Dream Overcoming Gravity
06/24/2003
On October 4, 1957, when the first artificial satellite was launched to the Earth orbit, German Obert, German scientist who is recognized as one of the fathers of astronautics theory wrote in his letter: "Thanks to you my dream has come true. This dream has been dwelling in our conscience for years… The mankind is grateful to you."
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| Juriy Kondratiuk (Shargey): space conquering
07/23/2003
In 1968, when the whole world was mesmerized by American astronauts space flight to the Moon, John Hubolt, one of the 'Apollo' Program managers said: "Some 50 years ago Kondratiuk estimated the scheme of the last module detachment from the orbital-craft was in the energy aspect the best way of the Moon landing"
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