ScientificContributors

ScientificContributors

Ancient Greeks to Modern Day

Ancient Greeks to Modern Day

Ancient GreeksAncient Greeks Hippocrates: first doctor, stated that

diseases have natural causes. Eratosthenes: estimated size of

earth, advanced geometry. Archimedes: catapult, Density

formula, d=m/v Pythagorus: A2+B2=C2

Aristotle: developed many theories that led to modern day discoveries.

Domocrites: philosopher and mathematician, developed theory of atoms (atomos).

Hippocrates: first doctor, stated that diseases have natural causes.

Eratosthenes: estimated size of earth, advanced geometry.

Archimedes: catapult, Density formula, d=m/v

Pythagorus: A2+B2=C2

Aristotle: developed many theories that led to modern day discoveries.

Domocrites: philosopher and mathematician, developed theory of atoms (atomos).

“Age of Genius” 1600’s/1700’s“Age of Genius” 1600’s/1700’s Nicolaus Copernicus: sun centered solar

system. Leonardo DaVinci:Renaissance painter

(the Mona Lisa) and an engineer, created designs for helicopters, tanks, solar power, bridges and human anatomy.

Galileo Galilei: improved telescope -many space discoveries. Tested theory of gravity.

Andreas Vesalius: Anatomy & Physiology, dissected stray cats & dogs, humans…made detailed drawings and books that later advanced surgery.

Antoine Lavoisier: “father of modern chemistry”, developed the law of conservation of matter.

Isaac Newton: laws of force & motion, white light is a mixture of all colors.

Nicolaus Copernicus: sun centered solar system.

Leonardo DaVinci:Renaissance painter (the Mona Lisa) and an engineer, created designs for helicopters, tanks, solar power, bridges and human anatomy.

Galileo Galilei: improved telescope -many space discoveries. Tested theory of gravity.

Andreas Vesalius: Anatomy & Physiology, dissected stray cats & dogs, humans…made detailed drawings and books that later advanced surgery.

Antoine Lavoisier: “father of modern chemistry”, developed the law of conservation of matter.

Isaac Newton: laws of force & motion, white light is a mixture of all colors.

Robert Boyle: developed gas and pressure laws.

“Age of Technology” 1800’sDmitri Mendeleev: organized the modern periodic table

Carolus Linnaeus: developed the classification system for plants and animals

Robert Hooke: Biology, used simple microscopes to develop cell model and cell theory.

John Dalton: Developed the atomic theory.

Michael Faraday: did the groundwork for the age of electricity amd

developed first electric motor.Charles Darwin: Theory of evolution.

Gregor Mendel: laws of heredity, recessive and dominant genes.

Alfred Nobel: Invented dynamite (sand, nitroglycerin). Peace prize named for him.

Wilhelm Rontgen: discovered x-rays accidentally while experimenting with electricity. Shadow showed up on Barium treated piece of cardboard.

Thomas Edison: Famous inventor who created electrical devices (light bulb). First to use electricity.

William Burroughs: invented first calculator, 1885.

Gregor Mendel: laws of heredity, recessive and dominant genes.

Alfred Nobel: Invented dynamite (sand, nitroglycerin). Peace prize named for him.

Wilhelm Rontgen: discovered x-rays accidentally while experimenting with electricity. Shadow showed up on Barium treated piece of cardboard.

Thomas Edison: Famous inventor who created electrical devices (light bulb). First to use electricity.

William Burroughs: invented first calculator, 1885.

“age of technology ”

“age of technology ”

Earnest Rutherford- physicist, discovered protons. Won Nobel prize for work on alpha, beta and gamma rays.

J.J. Thompson-1906 Nobel prize winner in physics for his research on the discharge of electricity in gases (cathode tube experiment)-charge of electrons

Alexander Graham Bell- changed communication with development of telephone.

Earnest Rutherford- physicist, discovered protons. Won Nobel prize for work on alpha, beta and gamma rays.

J.J. Thompson-1906 Nobel prize winner in physics for his research on the discharge of electricity in gases (cathode tube experiment)-charge of electrons

Alexander Graham Bell- changed communication with development of telephone.

“Modern Science” 1900-present“Modern Science” 1900-present

Albert Einstein - German born, many inventions and Theory of Relativity: E=mc2

Daniel Hale Williams- First African American to win Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine. He performed the first of many successful heart surgeries.

Marie Curie- radioactive experiments, 1st woman to win Nobel Peace prize James Hillier - electron scan microscope: magnification of 7000 x. Lewis Parker - combined transfer of sound and light information- first TV.

First TV

Herb Boyer - father of genetic engineering (cloning) Alexander Flemming - developed penicillin Nikola Tesla - inventor, worked with magnetic fields and alternating

current- AC/DC. Niels Bohr- created quantum physics, developed Bohr model of atom.

Albert Einstein - German born, many inventions and Theory of Relativity: E=mc2

Daniel Hale Williams- First African American to win Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine. He performed the first of many successful heart surgeries.

Marie Curie- radioactive experiments, 1st woman to win Nobel Peace prize James Hillier - electron scan microscope: magnification of 7000 x. Lewis Parker - combined transfer of sound and light information- first TV.

First TV

Herb Boyer - father of genetic engineering (cloning) Alexander Flemming - developed penicillin Nikola Tesla - inventor, worked with magnetic fields and alternating

current- AC/DC. Niels Bohr- created quantum physics, developed Bohr model of atom.

Edwin Hubble- used doppler effect to prove that the universe is expanding (red shift)

Don Keck- invented fiber optics: transports more info at a faster rate

Enrico Fermi- father of nuclear age, developed nuclear fission(splitting of atom)

Alfred Wegener- developed concept of sea-floor spreading and Plate Tectonics

Stephen Hawking- proved Einstein’s theories, developed modern theories of cosmology (space)

Michio Kaku – theoretical physicist who cofounded superstring theory and help prove many of Einsteins’s ideas.

Edwin Hubble- used doppler effect to prove that the universe is expanding (red shift)

Don Keck- invented fiber optics: transports more info at a faster rate

Enrico Fermi- father of nuclear age, developed nuclear fission(splitting of atom)

Alfred Wegener- developed concept of sea-floor spreading and Plate Tectonics

Stephen Hawking- proved Einstein’s theories, developed modern theories of cosmology (space)

Michio Kaku – theoretical physicist who cofounded superstring theory and help prove many of Einsteins’s ideas.