What else is Switzerland known for besides a neutral government, banking, watches, cheese, and the Alps?

Posted on October 1st, 2009 by admin

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Have there ever been any notable inventions or famous people from Switzerland? What does their history consist of? What are the demographics?

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8 Responses to “What else is Switzerland known for besides a neutral government, banking, watches, cheese, and the Alps?”

  1. Yo Ya ma, on October 3rd, 2009 at 7:21 pm Said:

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    chocolate!

  2. fuufingf, on October 4th, 2009 at 10:57 am Said:

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  4. Marilyn B, on October 6th, 2009 at 6:37 am Said:

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    *Georges Audemars
    The Swiss inventor chemist, Georges Audemars invented rayon around 1855.
    *Dr Jacques Edwin Brandenberger
    Cellophane was invented by Jacques E. Brandenberger in 1908, a Swiss inventor and textile engineer.
    *Francois-Louis Cailler and Daniel Peter
    Masters of chocolate innovation from Switzerland.
    *George de Mestral
    George de Mestral takes his dog for a walk and a new invention is born called Velcro.
    *Alex Mueller
    Alex Mueller, along with his colleague, J. Georg Bednorz, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 for his discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in a new class of materials.
    *Heinrich Rohrer
    Swiss inventor, Heinrich Rohrer co-invented the scanning tunneling microscope or STM, which provided the first images of individual atoms on the surfaces of materials.
    *Horace Bénédict de Saussure
    In 1783, Swiss inventor, physicist, and geologist Horace Bénédict de Saussure built the first hygrometer using a human hair to measure humidity.

  5. seweccentric, on October 6th, 2009 at 8:54 pm Said:

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    There’s a list of famous swiss people in Wikipedia:

    Charlie Chaplain wasn’t born there, but he was a longtime resident. I didn’t recognize anyone else on the list (but it’s quite long).

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  7. Peaches, on October 12th, 2009 at 10:42 pm Said:

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    A good place to start your research would be Wikipedia.com. The article cited below has a lot of information and is full of links for further details. It gives a link to famous people and gives a brief history of Switzerland and is chock full of demographic information.

  8. cav, on October 13th, 2009 at 4:24 pm Said:

    wasnt teh religious founder john calvin born there?

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