Cuando pensamos en drones operados a distancia, en ordenadores capaces de realizar cálculos increíbles, en máquinas que imitan el pensamiento humano y toman decisiones por sí solas, o en catamaranes que navegan con seguridad por mares y océanos, tendemos a creer que se trata de inventos modernos. Sin embargo, las ideas que dieron origen a estos artilugios —y a muchos otros— ya vieron la luz a finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX gracias a una persona tan genial como desconocida: Leonardo Torres Quevedo, un pionero en matemáticas, aeronáutica, telecomunicaciones y automática, que desplegó su portentosa imaginación hasta el punto de ser considerado “el más prodigioso inventor de su tiempo”. Hoy, el matemático y profesor de Historia de la Ciencia Francisco A. González Redondo nos cuenta su historia en Hablando con Científicos..
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