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In 1945, Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain, and Sir Howard Walter Florey receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology (medicine) for their work on creating penicillin, but Norman Heatley, who also helped develop penicillin, did not receive the Nobel Prize for his work. If it were not for Heatley, the other scientists he worked with, and the scientists before him, the creation of the drug we know as penicillin today would not have been created. Penicillin is considered the first antibiotic drug…
Thompson supports this by using the anecdotal story of discovering penicillin. According to the story Ernest Duchesne, the original discoverer of penicillin conducted an experiment on a series of animals where he eventually found what is now a form of modern penicillin. His research disappeared and it would take thirty-two years for Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming to rediscover penicillin (60). This story on the surface substantiates Thompson’s claim because such a huge opportunity was…
Alexander Fleming was the genius of “technical ingenuity and original observation.” His efforts on bruise infection and lysozyme, a sterilizing enzyme found in tears and saliva, granted him a place in the history of bacteriology. Fleming work during WW 1 was against antiseptics on deep wounds, but most physicians did not trust his findings. Fleming’s work and diligence got him knighted in 1944. Sir Alexander Fleming was born August 6, 1881, in Ayrshire, Scotland. Sir Alexander Fleming lived at…
Alexander Fleming “discovered the existence penicillin through a combination of perceptiveness and luck” (Krogh, 2011, p. 398). While he was growing bacteria in a petri dish, he notices the appearance of a type of fungus. The contamination caught the attention of Fleming. He realizes that he had found a substance that had the power to kill bacteria. Fleming continued to grow more fungal mold and tested it on different kind of bacteria. Additionally, he tested it on healthy mice in which he…
of some of history’s greatest scientific minds. A major contributor of the impact of science on the today’s world was Sir Alexander Fleming, known to most people as the “Penicillin Man.” Alexander Fleming was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on August 6, 1881 (Biography.com Editors). Sir Alexander Fleming was a doctor and bacteriologist most notorious for his discovery of the penicillin. Fleming was one the most important scientists in the medical world, whose actions changed the world. Through…
Fleming's Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America, is a book that tells the story of Burr vs Hamilton. The book begins in the year 1804 with a short comparison between Burr and Hamilton. Hamilton created a self-goal to achieve fame but in order to do so all of his actions had to be moral and not damage his reputation. Ironically fighting a duel would be the last thing Hamilton could afford to do, especially since he had opposed them and lost his eldest son in a duel. Burr…
meaning and the way names are spelled changes over time and across the world. Our names, meanings, nicknames, and why we were named what we were, are just a few ways that shape are uniqueness. Originating from the Greek name Alexandros, Alexander signified "shielding men" from the Greek word alexo, which means "to guard. Help" and the Greek word aner, which means "man". The name Alexander additionally has a place with a legend of Paris in Greek mythology and has a place with a few characters in…
Finding Nemo is a movie that begins with a family of fish. The mother and almost all of her eggs are attacked. The mother is killed along with all of the eggs, except one. The final egg left is named Nemo, and is raised solely by his father, Marlin. In the attack, Nemo was injured and now has one fin that is smaller than the other. He does not let his fin define him and calls it his “lucky” fin. After seeing his family killed, Marlin is very over protective of Nemo and is very nervous to let him…
Transcending almost 3000 years of time with its emotional resonance, integrity, and relevance to both the Ancient and Modern world, the Iliad is arguably one of the most outstanding poetic feats in the history of Western literature, praised explicitly throughout the ages by esteemed historians and scholars alike. Between its undeniable influence on Alexander the Great and it’s correlation to Rome, the Iliad certainly has a lot to say about the ancient world that so quickly embraced it’s epic…