prt 2 Flashcards
was able to produced an
amazing doctoral thesis about calcium carbonate degeneration and the extraction
of carbon.
Joseph Black
made an important contribution to the field
by illustrating that water was made of two parts of hydrogen to one of oxygen.
Henry Cavendish
was able to show how big-scale
ocean currents flowed at the bottom of the sea with his inquiries of the gulf
stream
Benjamin Franklin
was one of those who
pioneered the creation of theory of evolution.
Georges-Loius Leclerc
spent most of his time delving into the complex
relationship between plants and insects.
Christian Sprenge
focused on specific about demography and
predicted the end of the world a population growth was left unchecked.
Thomas Malthus
made bigs strides with iconic
invention of the electric battery.
Alessandro volta
introduced the creation of a new profession
separate from that of philosophy.
William Whewell
who established a connection between
electricity and magnetism.
Danish Hans Christian Orsted
first electronic motor
Michael Faraday and Scottish james
who made the calculation in the process, solved the
complex mathematics of electromagnetism.
Clerk maxwell
a astronomer, realized that his thermometer
showed a higher temperature over the red end of the visible
spectrum.
William Herschel
also discovered the soon-to-be famous X-rays
in his experiment in Germany.
Wilhelm Rontgen
put to rest the argument of whether light was a
wave or a particle discovering wavelike interference.
thomas young
made the famous the “Doppler effect” by
expounding on the color of binary stars.
Christian Doppler
were able to measure the
speed of light and concluded that light traveled faster in air than
in water
Hippolyte Fizeau and Leon Foucault
focusing on the potential use of atomic weights for
veteran chemist.
john dalton
contributed to the growing knowledge on
this by making a full list of atomic weights.
Jons Jakob Berzelius
illustrated that the spontaneous generation of life
could not be done.
Louis Pasteur
discovered the structure of the benzene
molecule
August Kekule
who was able to solve problem through
periodic table of the elements
Dmitri Mendeleev
pioneered the use of the word “dinosaurs” to
describe the “terrible lizards”
Richard Owen
the big parts of the planet were once covered
with impregnable ice.
Louis Agassiz
illustrated that birds could have evolved
from the now-extinct dinosaurs.
Thomas Henry Huxley
declares that “There is nothing new
to be discovered in Physics now, all that remains is more and
more precise measurement
lord kelvin
was an English mathematician, astronomer,
theologian, author and physicist who is widely recognised
as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key
figure in the scientific revolution
Isaac newton
