Astronomy

My chosen exemplar is Edward Jenner (1749-1823). Edward Jenner is the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine during the eighteenth century which saved many lives at that time and still till this day. Jenner has been widely known as the ‘father of immunology’. Jenner’s publication of his findings that cowpox could protect against the fatal disease, smallpox, gotten him support by the scientific community. Jenner was also promoting vaccination among the poor. Jenner went on to form many scientific…

I would, but it was amazing learning about Chemistry principles, and how we use it every day. Math, this semester, was slightly harder because I hadn’t practiced over the summer. That year, I did Science Olympiad again, and I earned 2nd place in Astronomy out of 24 schools, and 2nd in Geologic Mapping out of 24 schools, and our school got 7th place…

Sir Isaac Newton Was a an influential renaissance scientist of the modern era. Mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton Is best known for his laws of gravitation. Isaac Newton's laws are highly important as they are a major building block of modern physics. Sir Isaac Newton Has a tremendous influence on modern science and the way we understand the world today. Sir Isaac Newton Was one of the major players in the 17th century scientific revolution, which was a major turning point in modern…

back to Eisleben to study grammar, rhetoric and logic. His father Hans wanted martin to become a lawyer. In 1501 martin enrolled at the university of Erfurt which was the best in germay at the time. He studied the typical curriculum, arithmetic, astronomy, geometry and philosophy. He attained a masters degree in 1505. July of 1505 martin nearly got struck by lightening and he…

considered the cradle of modern civilization; they were the origin of many civilization features as agriculture practice, government, empires and law codes, social stratification, urbanism, writing system the foundation for the fields of architecture, astronomy, engineer and mathematics. The Ancient Near East was a region of contrasts: from rivers to deserts, from settled civilizations to nomads and from equal rights to social injustice. Near…

get far less attention historically. As with the Greeks, India’s mathematical Golden Age also had intellectual giants, Hindu mathematicians Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Mahavira, and Bhaskara. In particular, Indian mathematics was intimately linked to astronomy, as with other civilizations, in order to do astrology. I found this especially notable, as astrology was used to calculate auspicious marriage dates then just as it often is today. Like Greek mathematics prior to Diophantus, India’s algebra…

The entire world was impacted with the Islamic civilization. Areas of commerce, technology, medicine, navigation, astronomy, and other scientific areas were touched by the hand of new discoveries brought forth by the learning centers of the Islamic world. The Islamic caliphates had an economy that was flourishing due to the established trade routes. The procession of people trading through the region also spawned the development of technologies, ideas, and spread the religion of Islam across…

logistics. In details of mathematics, Isaac started using noninteger exponents to advance his methods of rounding a "root of a function". That Gottfried Leibniz also takes some credit for finding calculus. That made a big impact in the field of physic astronomy and math, which allowed them to make a more accurate model how the universe works. This was my research paper about isaac newton. I covered his biggest discoveries like the earth shape, gravity, lights and optics. He also has a lot of…

He helped contribute to the field of geometry, trigonometry, and calculus (biography.com). During his lifetime, he wrote many books and articles that dealt with math. He help people used math in a lot of areas today like shipbuilding, geodesy, astronomy, ballistics, optics and a variety of other areas. He is also credited for writing the definitive textbooks of calculus.…

life, and when he settled in England, he decided to expand his interests in music. One particular author of music theory, Professor Robert Smith, also wrote an article on optics and telescopes, and this is what inspired Herschel to adopt a love for astronomy. Most professional astronomers of his day focused on astronomical features such as planets and comets, but William Herschel wanted to discover more about stars. Because of his background in optics, Herschel developed telescopes that allowed…