I was intrigued and impressed that the Belgrade airport is called Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. This the only case I have encountered of an airport named after a scientist. They mostly seem to be named after politicians (e.g. JFK and Ronald Reagan) and rock stars (John Lennon in Liverpool). Here are a few proposals:
LAX - Linus Pauling
Urbana - John Bardeen
Newark - Phil Anderson
Adelaide - William Bragg
Any other ideas?
It is interesting reading the wikipedia page about Tesla, particularly the observation that he probably suffered from obessive-compulsive disorder. He is another example of where the dividing line between genius and mental illness is a fine one.
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The Wroclaw airport in Poland is called Copernicus Airport.
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New Haven's airport could be renamed after J.W. Gibbs.
ReplyDeletePisa airport is named Galileo Galilei,
ReplyDeletewhile Rome is Leonardo da Vinci, not only a scientist
Thanks for all the corrections.
ReplyDeleteI guess the italians are the leaders with two!
Other possibiities
Bristol - Mott airport
Vienna or Dublin - Schrodinger airport
San Diego - Jonas Salk
it is interesting that an airport has not been named after Einstein (Bern?) or Newton or Darwin
"Above us only sky" = John Lennon Airport
ReplyDelete"We was robbed", Nottm Forest fan = Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster