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Science
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An endeavor dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world. |
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Imhotep
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2. First physician to have used plants for medicine 3. Created or improved papyrus scroll. |
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papyrus |
an ancient form of paper made from plants |
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Thales |
One of the first scientists. He studied the stars and planets and predicted a solar eclipse. |
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Anaximander |
One of the first scientists. He believed life started in the sea. |
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Anaximenes |
One of the first scientists. He believed everything was made out of air. |
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Leucippus |
He believed all matter was made of atoms. |
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Democritus
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Ancient Greek scientist that believed in atoms. He thought atoms were in constant motion. |
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Aristotle
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He tried to classify plants and animals. He started the belief in spontaneous generation. |
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Archimedes |
He thought science and math were linked. He worked with liquids. |
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Ptolemy
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He came up the geocentric system. |
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geocentric system
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The idea that the earth is the center of the universe and the planets travel in circles.
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spontaneous generation
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The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances.
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alchemy
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the belief that something could be turned into gold. |
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Robert Grosseteste |
The father of the scientific method. |
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Dietrich Von Freiberg |
The priest who solved the mystery of the rainbow. |
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Roger Bacon |
He believed the more people learned about science the more they would learn about God. |
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Thomas Bradwardine |
He concentrated on understanding motion. |
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Nicholas of Cusa
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He believed the Earth spins around while it travels around the sun. |
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Proposed the heliocentric system |
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Andreas Versalius |
Studied the insides of the body. |
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Johannes Kepler |
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Galileo Galilei |
Collected much data in favor of the heliocentric system but was forced to recant his belief in it. |
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Blaise Pascal
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He showed that the air we breath exerts pressure on everything. |
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heliocentric system
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the belief that the planets travel around the stationary sun in circular orbits. |
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Sir Isaac Newton |
One of the greatest scientist of all time, he laid down the laws of motion, developed the law of universal gravity, and invented calculus. |
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Robert Boyle |
He is the founder of modern chemistry. He did experiments with gases. |
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Antoni van Leeuwehoek |
He built the first microscope and discovered bacteria. |
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Carolus Linnaeus |
He tried to classify all living creatures. |
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Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier |
Discovered the Law of Mass Conservation (matter can't be destroyed; it can only change forms) |
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John Dalton |
He developed the first detailed atomic theory and became known as the founder of modern atomic theory. |
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Charles Darwin |
Destroyed the idea of immutability of species (the idea that all forms of all animals have always existed) |
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Louis Pasteur |
He destroyed the idea of spontaneous generation. |
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Sir Charles Lyell |
He did not believe in a young earth. |
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Gregor Mendel |
Determined how traits are passed on during reproduction |
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Michael Faraday |
He believed electricity and magnetism were the same phenomenon. |
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James Clerk Maxwell |
Founder of modern physics |
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James Joule |
Demonstrated the first law of Thermodynamics |
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Max Planck |
Father of quantum mechanics |
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Albert Einstein |
Had two theories of relativity an was big in quantum mechanics |
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Neils Bohr |
He is best known for his model of the atom. It was named after him, and it revealed many of the atom's mysteries. |
