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Rachel's Science
general science chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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James Maxwell Clerk | founder of modern physics |
Thales | one of first scientists |
Galileo | heliocentric system, forced to recant belief in it |
Ptolemy | geocentric system |
Einstein | had 2 theories of relativity and quantum mechanics |
Lavoisier | Law of Mass Conservation |
Darwin | destroyed idea of immutable species |
Democritus | ancient Greek scientist believed in atoms |
Grosseteste | first modern scientist |
Copernicus | heliocentric system |
Aristotle | idea of spontaneous generation |
Newton | single greatest scientist of all time |
Mendel | determined how traits are passed on during reproduction |
Joule | demonstrated first law of thermodynamics |
Dalton | first detailed atomic theory and founder of modern atomic theory |
Bohr | best known for model of atom, named after him, revealed many of the atom's mysteries |