Inventions

Black and white photo of astronomers Clarence Chant and Reynold Young kneeling and sitting, respectively, on the ground. Young is looking through the eyepiece of a long cylindrical-shaped camera positioned perpendicular to the ground and attached to a square tube covered with a cloth-like material. Chant is holding a black rectangular board underneath the tube.

The Einstein Camera

A century ago, a U of T astronomer led a small group of Canadians on a daring expedition to remote Australia. Their mission? To prove the Theory of General Relativity

Graphite illustration of an airplane with a propeller in mid-air

150 Years of Firsts

To mark an important milestone, U of T Engineering looks back at some of its boldest thinkers

Albert Prebus (left) and James Hillier working with the electron microscope in 1938

Seeing New Worlds

How two U of T graduate students built North America’s first working electron microscope

Dominic Man-Kit Lam

Renaissance Man

Dominic Man-Kit Lam’s World Eye Organization has improved countless lives. He’s also a successful artist. Next on his list: edible vaccines