Questions and Answers
Who is credited with the discovery of the solar eclipse?
Thales of Miletus
Who is known for his work on the characteristics of liquids?
Archimedes
Who is credited with the development of the telescope?
Galileo Galilei
Who is known for his work on the theory of evolution?
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Who is credited with the discovery of infrared radiation?
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Study Notes
Ancient Greek Contributions
- Thales of Miletus predicted a solar eclipse
- Archimedes studied liquid characteristics
- Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the Earth and planets
- Ctesibius developed precise blocks
Islamic Golden Age
- Alhazen wrote a book on optics
- Al-Razi discovered soap and conducted research on chicken pox
- Al-Kwarizmi developed algebra and the algorithm
- Al-Jazari invented a rod system
Scientific Revolution
- The Catholic Church believed in a geocentric universe (Earth at the center)
- Nicolaus Copernicus proposed a heliocentric universe (Sun at the center)
- Johannes Kepler discovered Mars' orbit
- Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of Jupiter, invented the telescope, and studied pendulum motion
- Christian Huygens discovered the Orion nebula
- Robert Boyle invented the air pump
- Isaac Newton studied light travel
- Nicolas Steno discovered layers of rocks in the Earth's crust
Field of Earth Science
- Benjamin Franklin discovered the Gulf Stream
- George Hadley explained wind rotation of the globe
- Nevil Maskelyne measured the density of the Earth
- James Hutton discovered the Earth is older than previously thought
Basis of Life
- Georges-Louis Leclerc developed the theory of evolution
- Christian Sprengel discovered the relationship between plants and insects, and identified bisexual flowers
- Thomas Malthus wrote about population growth
- Alessandro Volta discovered electricity
- William Whewell coined the term "scientist"
Hundred Years of Development
- Hans Christian Ørsted discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism
- Michael Faraday invented the electric motor
- James Clerk Maxwell developed the mathematics of magnetism
Invisibility Matters
- William Herschel discovered infrared radiation
- Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays
- Thomas Young demonstrated the wave-like nature of light
Chemical Reactions
- John Dalton discovered atomic weight
- Jons Jacob Berzelius developed the system of arranging atomic weights
- Louis Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation
- August Kekulé discovered benzene molecules
- Dmitri Mendeleev developed the periodic table of elements
- Marie Curie discovered polonium and radium
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