Joseph von Fraunhofer lived a short, difficult life, but that did not stop him from becoming one of the world’s most talented makers of optical glass and an expert on the dispersion of light. According to Wikipedia, he was orphaned at age 11. Fraunhofer then went to work as an apprentice for a glass maker. When the glass maker’s workshop burned down, a German prince who was overseeing the reconstruction of facility, befriended Fraunhofer – …read more
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