Biography robert goddard
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Robert Hutchings Goddard, Ph.D.
(October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was an American scientist and inventor who foresaw the possibility of space travel and launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket. He also contributed to the development of the vacuum tube and to electromagnetic theory.
Biography robert goddard
Early life and inspiration
Robert Goddard was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the only child of Nahum Danford Goddard and Fannie Louise Hoyt. As the age of electric power began to take shape in U.S. cities in the 1880s, the young Goddard became interested in science.
When Goddard was five, his father showed him how to generate static electricity on the family's carpet. The young Goddard experimented, believing he could jump higher if the zinc in batteries could somehow be charged with static electricity.
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