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II. Famous Scientists

II. Famous Scientists. A. Scientist. What makes a person a scientist? “A scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge . In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method ”. B. Famous Scientist.

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II. Famous Scientists

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  1. II. Famous Scientists

  2. A. Scientist • What makes a person a scientist? • “A scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method”

  3. B. Famous Scientist • 1. Marie and Pierre Curie • 2. Jonas Salk • 3. Alfred Nobel • 4. John Dalton • 5. Dmitri Mendeleev • 6. Charles Darwin

  4. 1. Marie and Pierre Curie Marie Curie 1867 - 1934 Pierre Curie 1859 -1906 • Polish chemist & physicist • Studied radioactivity, radium, polonium • Ex: She won 2 Nobel Prizes for her work • Found that radiation was able to kill tumors • French physicist • Studied radioactivity, magnetism, and crystallography • Ex: Curie Point – point at which iron substances lose their magnetic characteristics http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/mariepierrecurie.html

  5. 2. Jonas Salk 1914 - 1995 • What is a disease today that causes fear??? • American chemist & Biologist • Discovered the vaccine for polio • Studied influenza, MS, cancer, AIDS and autoimmune diseases http://www.famousscientists.org/jonas-salk/

  6. 3. Alfred Nobel 1833-1896 • What does his name make you think of? • Swedish inventor • Nitroglycerin (TNT), explosives, • Nobel Foundation and Nobel Prize http://www.famousscientists.org/alfred-nobel/

  7. 4. John Dalton 1766 - 1844 • British chemist, meteorologist, and physicist • Atomic theory – table of 6, atoms, compounds • Recorded Color blindness “daltonism” • Dalton’s Law (Ptotal = Ppartial + Ppartial…) http://www.famousscientists.org/john-dalton/

  8. 5. Dmitri Mendeleev 1834 – 1907 • Russian Chemist • Atoms • Periodic Table of Elements – elements based on properties • Gases: Weather balloons

  9. 6. Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882 • British naturalist & evolutionist • HMS Beagle voyage and Galapagos Islands • On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection • Natural Selection and common ancestry

  10. Can you remember? • Curie • Salk • Nobel • Dalton • Mendeleev • Darwin • Periodic Table • Gas Law • TNT • Radiation • Polio • Natural Selection

  11. C. Famous INventors • Michael Faraday • Wilhelm Roentgen • Thomas Edison

  12. 1. Michael Faraday 1791- 1867 • British physicist and chemist • Studied energy and electromagentism • Invented the electric motor http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinsmek/4673822534/sizes/m/in/photostream/

  13. 2. Wilhelm roentgen 1845- 1923 • German physicist • Researched the light “x-ray” • Produced the first x-ray photographs (picture that could penetrate the human flesh) http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmadden/34408227/sizes/m/in/photostream/

  14. 3. Thomas Edison 1847-1931 • 1877 -Phonograph • 1879 - “improved” the light bulb • General Electric http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm

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