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Voltaire was also an amateur scientist and was familiar with the new physics of Newton. His mistress, was one of the best scientists in France and the translator of Newton into French. Voltaire marveled at the logic that drove the universe and assumed that there must have been a prime mover. At the same time, although believing in God, Voltaire, like many other intellectuals of the time, were major enemies of organized religion in general and the Catholic Church in particular. See {621191} .
Born in the Ukraine to middle class parents, he became an successful engineer in Russia before he emigrated in 1919. America has not only been a magnet for the persecuted and the poor but highly skilled, and educated people came to America for the opportunity to further their career. No companies in Europe were then interested in producing large airplanes. In America, within 4 years he started his own company. He helped to design the famous Pan American Airways Flying Boats and in 1942 his company developed the world’s first production helicopter. He might have done that in France, Russia or elsewhere but he chose America like millions of other immigrants.
