The Copley Medal is a scientific award that is given out by the Royal Society and awarded to a scientist that shows achievements in research in any branch of science. As members of the Royal Society it is our duty to nominate and pick scientists that rightly deserve the medal. It is our job as the Royal Society to discuss these nominations in a scholarly way and not disrespect any of the finding of other scientist. The scientists’ theories are important to science because they add value to the community. There were many great nominations this past year including Charles Darwin, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Alfred Wallace. I believe that this years Copley Medal should be awarded to Hermann von Helmholtz because he has research in many fields, revolutionized the field of ophthalmology, and used inductive reasoning to support his theories.
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Helmholtz started out his research and education by going to the Friedrich Wilhelm Institute in Berlin to study medicine in 1838. He received free medical education with the condition that he would serve as an army doctor for eight years. He was relieved of his army duties in 1843 because he had impressive scientific skills that should be used in other ways to benefit the public. After he was relieved from the army as a doctor, Helmholtz became interested in the the field of optics. Later in 1843, he wrote a doctoral thesis about the connections between nerve fibers and nerve optics. In the next couple years, Hermann von Helmholtz became a professor at the University of Bonn in 1855 teaching anatomy and physiology. During this time his scientific interest moved from physiology to physics (“Hermann Von Helmholtz| German Scientist and
Helmholtz started out his research and education by going to the Friedrich Wilhelm Institute in Berlin to study medicine in 1838. He received free medical education with the condition that he would serve as an army doctor for eight years. He was relieved of his army duties in 1843 because he had impressive scientific skills that should be used in other ways to benefit the public. After he was relieved from the army as a doctor, Helmholtz became interested in the the field of optics. Later in 1843, he wrote a doctoral thesis about the connections between nerve fibers and nerve optics. In the next couple years, Hermann von Helmholtz became a professor at the University of Bonn in 1855 teaching anatomy and physiology. During this time his scientific interest moved from physiology to physics (“Hermann Von Helmholtz| German Scientist and