Famous scientist
- 2. Invented … •pully •the Archimedean screw pumping •Hydrostatics •levers Greatest Mathematician Syracuse: 287 BC - of his age 212 BC
- 3. The first to publish a full-fledged theory that the Earth was not the center of the universe He was a physician, mathematician, astronomer, governor, jurist, diplomat, classical scholar, economist, administrator, and Heliocentric : means soldier. Prussia: 1473-1543 sun-centered!
- 4. The father of modern astronomy, physics and science Improved upon the telescope Discovered that mass of an object does NOT affect the rate of decent. Italy: 1564-1642 Discovered 4 of the moons of Jupiter
- 5. 1 st to study and record cells Invented the iris diaphragm in cameras, the universal joint used in motor vehicles, the balance wheel in a watch Father of Microscopy England: 1635-1703
- 6. * Originated the 3 laws of motion * Originated the Universal Law of Gravitation * Author of Principia One of the most influential England: 1643 - 1727 scientists in history!
- 7. He solved the mysteries of rabies, anthrax, chicken cholera, and silkworm diseases, and contributed to the development of the first vaccines. Prevented milk & wine from going sour: France: 1822-1895 Pasteurization!
- 8. Dis covered the proper motion of the fixed s tars , s tudied the orbital movements of the moon and of comets Halley’s Comet-seen England: 1656-1742 every 75 years
- 9. Founding member of the National Geographic Society Hydrofoils Aeronautics Inventor of the telephone Scotland: 1847-1922
- 10. Discovered the system of four tuned circuits, which became the basis of the understanding of radio trans The SI unit measuring magnetic flux density and magnetic induction, the tesla, was named in his honor. Best known for developing the modern alternating current (AC) Yugoslavia: 1856 - 1943 electrical supply system
- 11. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 Theory of Relativity E=mc2 Germany: 1879-1955
- 12. Studied Chimpanzees England: 1934 - Present