The Human Legacy

Celebrating the enduring impact of human creativity, innovation, and passion.

Historical human achievements
Our Past
Ancient artifacts
Foundations
Modern technology
Innovation
Our Present
Future horizons
Our Future
Wonder and potential
Potential

Human Stories

The Innovator

Marie Curie

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

Pioneer in radioactivity research and the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

The Creative

Leonardo da Vinci

"Learning never exhausts the mind."

Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography.

The Visionary

Ada Lovelace

"The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform."

English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.