Most people have the impression that black celebrities are almost all from the sports and entertainment circles.
For example, Michael Jordan, Tyson, Kobe, Pele, James, Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, etc., in the sports circle, or political celebrities, such as Obama and Mandela.
But in the field of academic research, there are very few black people.
There are many scientists and academic masters in both white and Asian people, but there are very few black scientists who are more famous!
Have blacks ever produced scientists and academic talents?
In fact, there are still some of them, but the overall quantity and gold content are not too high.
Economics: Nobel laureate Lewis is definitely one!
Arthur Lewis is a famous British economist, and his theory of development economics has a pivotal position in the field of economics!
Arthur Lewis
Lewis's greatest contribution was to take the lead in proposing the "Lewis Inflection Point" in 1954, which had very important guiding significance for the reform and opening up and industrial upgrading of the mainland.
Lewis inflection point
The core of the "Lewis inflection point" is that in an agrarian society, economic production is very dependent on arable land. The gradual increase in population leads to a shortage of land, so there will be a surplus of labor, and the labor contribution of most people is actually zero.
This view is still applicable today, and if you think about it, isn't this what we often call "involution" now!
And Lewis recognized this as early as seventy years ago, and his thinking was indeed very advanced, and he saw it accurately!
The field of biochemical medicine can be called "bright stars"!
In the field of biochemical medicine, there are still many elite cattle people in black people!
Inspirational Neurosurgeon – Ben Carlson.
Ben Carson's life story is very inspiring, he was born in the black ghetto of Detroit, USA. Growing up in an environment like a slum, according to a normal rhythm, his life should be full of violent crime, and it is bleak.
However, he managed to break out of the slums and become a medical scientist par excellence!
Ben-Carlson has successfully performed multiple surgeries for head separation in conjoined infants
Ben Carlson has saved countless families of conjoined babies, and what he does best is doing separation surgeries for conjoined babies.
Some people may think that there are many doctors who can perform this kind of surgery, but you should know that Ben Carlson, who grew up in the slums, did not systematically study medicine, let alone perform ultra-difficult neurosurgery.
This proves that Ben Carlsen is indeed very talented and has a very high IQ!
The blood bank that has saved countless lives was also invented by blacks!
Blood banks are a necessity in hospitals, and they have saved countless lives at critical moments.
And the inventor of the blood bank, Charles Drew, is a black man.
Charles Drew's birth and death year is unknown, roughly in the 1900s ~ 1950s.
Charles Drew
At that time, it was the most tragic period of the global war, and the medical technology was also very backward, especially how to correctly transfuse the wounded, which stumped a large number of people at that time!
In those days, there was no effective means of plasma storage, and blood was taken temporarily during blood transfusions, and in many cases, the wounded died before the blood was taken.
Faced with this worrying situation, Charles Drew innovated the technology of plasma storage, and thus established the world's first blood bank.
Charles Drew's initiative, I don't know how many lives have been saved, is definitely a great contribution in the medical community!
Cataract sufferers should be thankful for a black woman!
If you want to say who has contributed the most to the treatment of cataracts, then Patricia Bass is definitely on the list!
Ms. Patricia Bass
Cataracts were almost incurable before, and as an ophthalmologist, Patricia Bass's greatest contribution was the development of the "cataract probe".
Since then, the gospel of countless cataract patients has come!
The invention of the "cataract probe" has brought many people back to sight, and I have to say that this is indeed a great invention!
Patricia Bass was also awarded the Medical Invention Patent Award, the first Black American woman to receive the award.
Black inventor Garrett Morgan: Facilitating the advent of gas masks!
My earliest impression of gas masks came from World War I, when the "gas warfare" on the battlefields of Europe led to the use of gas masks.
Garrett Morgan
The inventor of the gas mask was an African American named Garrett Morgan, who tinkered with the world's first gas mask in 1912.
When gas masks first came out, you may not think they were very useful, but a few years later, the First World War made countless people fully see the role of gas masks!
Since then, gas masks have been widely used in the military, firefighting and enterprises.
It is worth mentioning that Garrett Morgan's lifetime invention was not limited to gas masks.
After witnessing many traffic accidents, Garrett Morgan has made a big improvement to the traffic lights, adding a warning yellow light between the red and green lights, which greatly reduces the incidence of traffic accidents!