List of Armenian inventions and discoveries
The following list contains notable inventions and discoveries made by Armenian people.
Aerospace engineering
- MiG jet aircraft developed by Artem Mikoyan
- Lunokhod 1, the first space exploration rover developed by Alexander Kemurdzhian
- Sukhoi jet aircraft developed by Mikhail Pogosyan[1]
- R-7 Semyorka and Soyuz spacecraft co-developed by Andronik Iosifyan
Computer science
- Apple Mac OS X operating system developed by Avie Tevanian[2]
- Elbrus supercomputers developed by Boris Babayan[3]
- Ellipsoid algorithm developed by Leonid Khachiyan
- Reddit co-founded by Alexis Ohanian
Mathematics
- Modern abstract algebra co-developed by Emil Artin
- Earliest known elementary arithmetic operations developed by Anania Shirakatsi
- Mergelyan's theorem developed by Sergey Mergelyan
Medicine
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented by Raymond Damadian-
- Modern Plastic surgery invented by Varaztad Kazanjian
- Positron emission tomography (PET) invented by Michel Ter-Pogossian
- First licensed Rotavirus vaccine developed by Albert Kapikian
Physics
- First heavy water nuclear reactor in Europe developed by Abram Alikhanov
- U-70 synchrotron developed by Abram Alikhanov
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) founded by Abram Alikhanov
- Theoretical astrophysics in the Soviet Union co-founded by Viktor Ambartsumian
- Heaviest elements of the periodic table such as Oganesson co-discovered by Yuri Oganessian
- Elementary Particle Physics chair of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) founded by Karen Ter-Martirosian
- First Soviet nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles developed by Samvel Kocharyants
Other
- Color television co-developed by Hovannes Adamian
- Automated teller machine (ATM) co-developed by Luther Simjian
- BTA-6 telescope developed by Bagrat Ioannisiani
- Zildjian cymbals developed by Avedis Zildjian
- Kirlian photography invented by Semyon Kirlian
- Anthem of the Soviet Union co-written by Gabriel El-Registan
- Sabre Dance composed by Aram Khachaturian
- Astrobiology co-founded by Norair Sisakian
- Soviet chemical weapons co-developed by Ivan Knunyants
- Modern Oil refinery invented by Ignacy Łukasiewicz
- Soviet ice cream invented by Anastas Mikoyan[4]
- Soviet animation art co-founded by Lev Atamanov
References
See also
- List of Armenians
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