Editing Wallonia (section)

==Science and technology==
{{Main|Science and technology in Wallonia}}
Contributions to the development of science and technology have appeared since the beginning of the country's history. The [[baptismal font]] of [[Renier de Huy]] is not the only example of medieval Walloon technical expertise: the words "houille" (coal)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/academie9/houille|title=HOUILLE : Définition de HOUILLE|work=cnrtl.fr}}</ref> or "houilleur" (coal miner) or "grisou" (damp) were coined in Wallonia and are [[Walloon language|Walloon]] in origin.

The economically important [[History of coal mining#Belgium|very deep coal mining]] in the course of the [[First Industrial Revolution]] has required highly reputed specialized studies for [[mining engineering|mining engineers]]. But that was already the case before the Industrial Revolution, with an engineer as [[Rennequin Sualem]] for instance.

Engineer [[Zenobe Gramme]] invented the [[Gramme dynamo]], the first generator to produce power on a commercial scale for industry. Chemist [[Ernest Solvay]] gave his name to the [[Solvay process]] for production of [[soda ash]], an important chemical for many industrial uses. Ernest Solvay also acted as a major philanthropist and gave its name to the [[Solvay Institute of Sociology]], the [[Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management]] and the [[International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry]] which are now part of the [[Université libre de Bruxelles]]. In 1911, he started a series of conferences, the [[Solvay Conference]]s on Physics and Chemistry, which have had a deep impact on the evolution of quantum physics and chemistry.

[[Georges Lemaître]] of the [[Université catholique de Louvain]] is credited with proposing the [[Big Bang]] theory of the origin of the universe in 1927.

Three [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine]] were awarded to Walloons: [[Jules Bordet]] ([[Université libre de Bruxelles]]) in 1919, [[Albert Claude]] (ULB) together with [[Christian De Duve]] (UCLouvain) in 1974.

In the present day, [[Bureau Greisch]] has acquired an international reputation as consulting engineer and architect in the fields of structures, civil engineering and buildings, including the [[Millau Viaduct]] in France.