Interesting facts about Tsiolkovsky Is a great opportunity to learn more about Russian scientists. His name is directly associated with astronautics and rocket science. The ideas put forward by him were far ahead of the time in which the great scientist lived.
So, here are the most interesting facts about Tsiolkovsky.
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) - inventor, philosopher, writer and founder of theoretical cosmonautics.
- At the age of 9, Tsiolkovsky caught a serious cold, which caused partial hearing loss.
- The future inventor was taught to read and write by his mother.
- From an early age, Tsiolkovsky loved to make something with his own hands. The boy used any available things as materials.
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky rationally substantiated the use of rockets for space flights (see interesting facts about space). He came to the conclusion that it was necessary to use "rocket trains", which would later become the prototype of multistage missiles.
- Tsiolkovsky made a significant contribution to the development of aeronautics, cosmonautics and rocket dynamics.
- Konstantin Eduardovich did not have a good education and, in fact, was a brilliant self-taught scientist.
- At the age of 14, Tsiolkovsky, according to his drawings, assembled a full-fledged lathe.
- An interesting fact is that the pen of Tsiolkovsky belongs to a lot of science fiction works, some of which were repeatedly reprinted in the USSR.
- When Tsiolkovsky did not manage to enter the school, he took up self-education, living practically from hand to mouth. Parents sent their son only 10-15 rubles a month, so the young man had to earn extra money by tutoring.
- Thanks to self-education, later Tsiolkovsky was able to easily pass the exams and become a school teacher.
- Did you know that Tsiolkovsky was the creator of the first wind tunnel in the USSR, which made it possible to take a big step in the development of Soviet aviation?
- A city in Russia and a crater on the Moon are named after Tsiolkovsky (see interesting facts about the Moon).
- The first project of an interplanetary rocket was developed by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky back in 1903.
- Tsiolkovsky was an active promoter of technical progress. For example, he developed theoretical models for hovercraft and space elevators.
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky argued that over time, humanity will be able to achieve progress in space exploration and spread life throughout the Universe.
- Over the years of his life, the inventor wrote about 400 scientific papers that dealt with the topic of rocketry.
- Tsiolkovsky was especially fond of the works of Zabolotsky, Shakespeare, Tolstoy and Turgenev, and also admired the works of Dmitry Pisarev.
- For a long time, Tsiolkovsky worked on improving controlled balloons. Later, some of his works were used in the manufacture of airships.
- It is curious that the scientist was skeptical about Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. He even published articles in which he criticized the theory of the German physicist.
