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Famous Scientist; JC

Famous Scientist

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Father of science Arisstotle
Ancient Greek astronomer best known for the Almagest Ptolemy
Great mathematician who discovered the concept of pi Archimedes
Greek that is the most celebrated physician of antiquity "Hippocratic Oath". Hippocrates
Father of Astronomy Galileo
Father of Genetics Gregor Mendel
made the first simple microscope Anton von Leeuwenhoek
made the first compund microscope Janssen Brothers
American Astronomer who changed our understanding of the universe Edwin Hubble
Discovered Penicillin Sir Alexander Fleming
Identified the Three Laws of Motion and formulated Calculus Sir Isaac Newton
Father of Cardiology Dr. William Harvey
Father of Cytology Robert Hooke
Studied Radioactivity Dr. Marie Curie
Discovered Polio vaccine Dr. Jonas Salk
First used scientific procedures to propose that matter is made up of atoms John Dalton
Conducted the Gold Foil Experiment Ernest Rutheford
Derived the equation E=mc^2 Albert Einstein
Proses that all living things are in a constant state of evolution Charles Darwin
Microbiologists that discovered DNA and described it as a double helix structure Watson & Crick
Physicist who was the first to apply the Quantum Theory Neils Bohr
Polish Astronomer who proposed that the Sun is the fixed point to which planet's motions are reffered Nicholas Copernicus
Invented the Light Bulb, Phonograph, & telegraph Thomas Edison
Russian Chemist who formulated the first periodic table of elements Dmitri Mendeleev
Mathematician that descriebed the laws of planetary motion prior to Newton Johann Keplar
Father of Modern Chemistry & established the Law of Conservation of Mass Antoine Lavoisier
English Naturalist and Evolusionist and formulated the theory of Natural Selection Alfred Russel Wallace
British archeologist that was famous for his work on human origins Louis Leakey
Father of Biological Taxonomy Carolus Linnaeus
German Physicist that discovered radio waves Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
Croation physicist that came up with the idea of a rotating magnetic field in an induction motor which would generate an "alternating current" (AC) Nikola Telsa
Inadvertently discovered X-rays and pioneered the use of radiation Wilhelm Roentgen
Most influential experimental scientist in history & led to the invention of the electric motor, eletric generator, and transformer Michael Faraday
French physicist that first proposed wave-particle duality when describing electrons and other subatomic particles Louis de Broglie
British Primatologist who studied social learning, primate cognition, thinking and culture in wild chimpanzees Jane Goodall
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