science people Flashcards
Carolus Linnaeus
Proposed a basic classification scheme giving scientific names to all living things
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Built the first microscope
Newton
One of the greatest scientists of all time, he laid down the laws of motion, developed the law of universal gravity, and invented calculus.
Democritus
Ancient greek scientist who believed in atoms
Aristotle
Championed the idea of spontaneous generation and is responsible for it being believed for so long.
Bohr
He is best known for his model of the atom, it was named after him, and revealed many of the atom’s mysteries.
galileo
Collected much data in favor of the heliocentric system but was forced to recant belief in it.
Kepler
Made very detailed observation of the planets and discovered they orbit the sun in an oval pattern mathematicians call an ellipse
Lavoisier
Discovered the law of mass conservation
grosseteste
Considered the first modern scientist
Copernicus
Proposed heliocentric system
Archimedes
Excitedly shouted “eureka!” when he discovered the amount of space an object occupies can be determined by how much water it can displace
einstein
He is known for his famous equation: E=mc2 he had two theories of relativity and was big in quantm mechanics
Darwin
Destroyed the idea of the immutability of species
Dalton
He developed the first detailed atomic theory and became known as the founder of modern atomic theory
Ptolemy
Proposed geocentric system
Joule
demonstrated the first law of thermodynamics
louis Pasteur
Destroyed the idea of spontaneous generation worked with vaccines and developed a process called pasteurization which is now applied to milk
Thales
One of the first scientists
Gregor mendel
Determined how traits are passed on during reproduction (entire fieled of modern genetics is based on his work.
Pascal
Demonstrated that the air we breathe exerts pressure on everything and effect we call atmospheric pressure today
James clerk Maxwell
Founder of modern phisics
