After long discussions in England, II. Alan Turing, who decrypted the German Enigma machines during World War II, was decided to appear in new 50-pound banknotes. As in this example, we wanted to remember the scientists who adorned the banknotes, which are circulated by millions of people every day. Here are the famous scientists on the banknotes:
Aydın Sayılı, who has a picture on the back side of 5 Turkish lira, is the first person to have PhD in the history of science in the world. Mr. Sayılı was born in Istanbul in 1913. Due to his outstanding success in high school, he got the support of the Minister of National Education of the time, and he received a degree in foreign exams and studied Science History at Harvard University. After completing his studies in the United States, Mr. Sayılı returned to Turkey in 1943. Aydın Sayılı, who has a very important impact in the field with his works, shed a light on the history of the Middle Ages. He also got an award of Copernicus Medal by the Polish government in 1973 and got the TÜBİTAK Service Award in 1977 following by the UNESCO Award in 1990.
Cahit Arf (1910-1997)
Cahit Arf, a world-famous mathematician, has a picture of on 10-Turkish-Lira Banknotes. Distinguished Professor Dr. Cahit Arf ,born in Thessaloniki in 1910, completed his doctorate at Göttingen University in 1938. He worked at Istanbul University Faculty of Science until 1962 and then, taught mathematics at Robert College. He worked with the German mathematician Helmut Hesse, who developed the Hesse-Arf Theory. Cahit Arf was the first scientific board chairman of TÜBİTAK. After his death in 1997, his name was given to the ULAKBİM Information Center.
Architect Kemaleddin (1870-1927)
Architect Kemalettin, who a picture on 20 Turkish Liras, was born in Istanbul in 1870. He studied at the Hendese-i Mülkiye School, which is accepted as the foundation of today's Istanbul Technical University and was appointed as the assistant of German academician August Jachmund. Architect Kemalettin, who was sent to the Charlottenburg Technical School in Berlin in 1895 by the state, studied architecture for two years here.
Architect Kemaleddin, who founded his first occupational chamber named Ottoman Society of Architects and Engineers in 1908, is one of the pioneers of the First National Architecture Movement. The well-known works of Architect Kemalettin, who created a new style in his field by synthesizing the distinctive features of the classical period Ottoman and German architectures, include Gazi University Rectorate building, Çamlıca High School building where Hababam Class movie was shot, Sofia, Edirne and Thessaloniki stations.
Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
A picture of Isaac Newton was used on 1 pound, which was used in England and demonetized in 1988. British Sir Isaac Newton is considered one of the most important scientists in the world history. Newton, who was enrolled in King’s School in Grantham at the age of twelve, finished this school in 1661. He entered Trinity College at Cambridge University in the same year. He received his bachelor's degree from this school in April 1665.
His university was closed due to the plague epidemic surrounding just when he was about to start his graduate studies. Having taken refuge in his family's farm, Newton made his most important discoveries for two years he lived here. He laid the foundations of differential and integral calculus, determined that white light could be decomposed into coloured components, and concluded that objects pull each other inversely proportional to the square of their distance. Newton's greatest contribution to science was in the field of mechanics. The scientist, who dealt with the centrifugal force law and Kepler laws, introduced the law of gravitation. These studies on behalf of science have continued to shed light on scientists in the following years and even today.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Benjamin Franklin who is on 100-dollar banknotes was a pioneer in the field of electricity. He was born in the USA on January 17, 1706 as the son of a family with 17 children. He left school at the age of ten. When he was 12, he became an apprentice of his brother James, who ran a printing house and owned a newspaper publishing house. In 1730 he founded a printing house and newspaper in Philadelphia. With his never-ending love of science, Franklin made important discoveries on the nature of electricity, discovering that electricity and lightning are not different from each other. He flew a kite to collect electricity from the storm cloud. It was the natural philosophy in the term used for scientists at that time. Other inventions of Franklin, the inventor of the lightning rod include bifocal glasses and glass harmonica.
Mary Somerville (1780-1872)
There is a picture of scientist Mary Somerville on 10-pound banknotes used in Scotland. Somerville was an English scientist known for his work in mathematics and astronomy and made great contributions to science education. Known as the "queen of science of 19th century", Somerville was born in Scotland. His first scientific article was about the magnetizing power of the sun rays. This paper was presented to the association by her husband, since it was forbidden for women to join the Royal Society. This book, which includes Somerville's original ideas, has become a textbook widely used in advanced mathematics education for the rest of the century.
Marie and Pierre Curie
