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26 Cards in this Set
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Hooke
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Cells in cork; named cells
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Redi
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Disproved spontaneous generation {maggots and meat}
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Harvey
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Dug up bodies to learn about organs. Discovered circulatory system
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Aristotle
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First to classify plants and animals; philosopher
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Pasteur
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Discovered that germs cause disease; disproved spontaneous generation
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Pavlov
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Described a type of simple animal behavior known as classical conditioning
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Virchow
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Discovered that all cells arise from other living cells
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Lister
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First person to sterilize instruments for surgery
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Schleiden
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Discovered that plants are made of cells
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Schwann
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Discovered that animals are made of cells
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Leeuwenhoek
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First person to view blood cells under microscope
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James Watson and Francis Crick
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Discovered the “double helix” structure of DNA
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Rosalind Franklin
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Was instrumental in discovering the structure of DNA; received little credit
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Mendel
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Father of hereditary; studied genetics with pea plants; monk
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Jonas Salk
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Polio Vaccine
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Alexander Fleming
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Discovered penicillin
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Edward Jenner
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Found small pox vaccine
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Alfred Wallace
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Proposed theory of natural selection around same time as Darwin but received very little credit
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Mary and Louis Leaky
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Found fossil of a 4 million year old “human-like” organism {Australopithecus}
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Charles Darwin
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Went down in history as founder of the law of natural selection
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Miller and Urey
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Performed an experiment in which organic matter {amino acids, etc} was generated from inorganic matter
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Konrad Lorenz
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Studied genetic basis of behavior by observing imprinting in geese
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Charles Drew
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Developed a method for typing and storing blood; started first blood bank
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Rachel Carson
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Book “Silent Spring” in which she explained the affect of pesticides {mainly DDT} on the ecosystem
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Jane Goodall
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Studied the behavior of chimpanzees in the wild
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Linnaeus
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Came up with system for classifying and naming organisms; still used today
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