List of Serbian inventions and discoveries

Serbian inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented or discovered by Serbian people.

List


Invention/discovery	Inventor/discoverer
Hair clipper (and buzz cut)^[1]	Nikola Bizumić
Ćuk converter	Slobodan Ćuk
Strawberry Tree (solar energy device)	Strawberry Energy
Graph energy Matching polynomial	Iván Gutman
Karamata's inequality Slowly varying function	Jovan Karamata
Kurepa tree	Đuro Kurepa
Migma	Bogdan Maglich
Milankovitch cycles Revised Julian calendar^[2] (second most accurate calendar ever written)	Milutin Milanković
Father of black carbon^[3] Aethalometer^[4]	Tihomir Novakov
Loading coil^[5]	Mihajlo Pupin
HRS-100 CER Computers ATLAS-TIM AT 32	Mihajlo Pupin Institute
Quantum discord (one of discoverers)	Vlatko Vedral
webGL APNG	Vladimir Vukićević
Powered exoskeleton(developed at the same time as the General Electric / US Armed Forces "Hardiman")^[6]	Miomir Vukobratović
Prostethic five-fingered hand ^[7]	Rajko Tomović
Induction motor (invented at the same time as one by Galileo Ferraris),^[8] Plasma globe,^[9] Tesla coil, Tesla turbine, Tesla's oscillator, Tesla valve, Violet ray^[10]	Nikola Tesla
Galaksija (computer)	Voja Antonić
Early plastics	Ognjeslav Kostović Stepanović
Karst and a number of geographical theories related to the Balkans	Jovan Cvijić
Apollo (spacecraft); A team of 7 Serb engineers and scientists (known as Serbo-7) largely contributed to the Apollo project.^[11]	Serbo-7
Pioneer in the sociology of law and sociological jurisprudence.	Valtazar Bogišić
Pioneering work in hypothermia.	Ivan Đaja
Pioneering research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.	Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Pioneering work in the field of systems theory.	Mihajlo D. Mesarovic
Inventor and constructor of the first railway air brake.	Dobrivoje Božić
Invented and built the first known mechanical public clock in Russia in 1404.	Lazar the Serb
Co-creator of Azithromycin.	Slobodan Đokić
Research on interactions of neutrons in chemical physics of heavy elements. which turned out to be an important step in the discovery of nuclear fission.	Pavle Savić
He led the first successful laboratory cultivation and serial propagation of Measles and Hepatitis B virus.^[12]	Milan Milovanović
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet	Vuk Karadžić

Notes

References

^ Scali-Sheahan, Maura; Roste, Leslie; Linquest, Linnea; Burness, Amy; Mitchell, Dennis (2017). Milady Standard Barbering (6th ed.). New York City: Cengage Learning. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-3051-0055-8.
^ "Is There a Perfect Calendar?". Retrieved 14 November 2016.
^ "Tihomir Novakov, 1929-2015". Retrieved 14 November 2016.
^ Hansen, Anthony D. A; Rosen, H; Novakov, Tihomir (1 January 1984). "The aethalometer: an instrument for the real-time measurement of optical absorption by aerosol particles". 36: 191–196. OCLC 813625680. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Bošnjak, Marija. "PUPIN COILS AND PUPINIZATION OF THE TELEPHONE LINES" (PDF). rukautestu.vin.bg.ac.rs. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
^ Baldovino, Renann; Jamisola, Rodrigo Jr. (2017). "A survey in the different designs and control systems of powered-exoskeleton for lower extremities" (PDF). Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Biomechanics, Rational Publication. 1 (4): 103–115. doi:10.24243/JMEB/1.4.192.
^ Бркић, Александра. "Колико вреди српска диплома у свету". Politika Online (in Serbian). Retrieved 2016-11-16.
^ Doppelbauer, Martin (25 September 2014). "A short history of electric motors, 1800-1893". Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
^ "How Does a Plasma Ball Work?". Retrieved 14 November 2016.
^ "Violet Ray: A Handy Healing Device". Retrieved 14 November 2016.
^ Bilić, Meri. "Hjustone, imamo problem: jel' ono beše Mesec ili Mars". Politika Online. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
^ "Milovanovic, Milan". scienceheroes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.