These guys had some reasonably sophisticated medical practices 3000 B.C.
Who were the Egyptians?
Historians say the first true scientists were these dudes.
What are the ancient Greeks?
This guy is sometimes know as the Father of modern Atomic Theory.
Who is John Dalton?
This guy with the same name as a dog from one of Mr. Stewart's favorite movies was big into quantum mechanics.
Who was Albert Einstein?
Gregor Mendel is known for his work in this field that had to do with traits being passed down from parents.
What is genetics?
penicillin, a chemical that kills germs that infect wounds comes from this
What is moldy bread?
This dude studied the heavens and predicted a solar eclipse.
Who is Thales?
This guy is sometimes known as the first modern scientist and Father of the Scientific Method.
Who is Robert Grosseteste?
One of the greatest scientists of all time, he laid down the laws of motion, developed the law of universal gravity, and invented calculus.
Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
This law says that matter cannot be created nor destroyed.
What is the Law of Mass Conservation?
Morphine and Codeine, excellent pain-relieving drugs come from this seed.
What is the poppy?
This fishy dude studied the origins of the human race.
Who was Anaximander?
This scientist is considered the founder of modern physics.
This guy came up with the First Law of Thermodynamics.
Who was Joule?
This Law says that energy cannot be created nor destroyed.
What is the 1st Law of Thermodynamics?
An ancient form of paper can be made by laying the leaves of this plant crosswise and drying them.
What is papyrus?
This dude compared atoms to a sandy beach.
Who was Democritus?
You might consider this scientist to be the father of the heliocentric system, in which the planets travel around the sun.
Who is Copernicus?
This guy came up with the Law of Mass Conservation.
Who was Lavoisier?
Max Planck said that energy exists in tiny packets called these.
What are quanta?
One folly of ancient medicine is that it was not done scientifically. Instead, discoveries were made through the process of this and this.
What are trial and error?
This dude made some mistakes, but was a pretty popular guy and his ideas just stuck. He classified animals and plants and championed the idea of spontaneous generation.
Who was that Aristotle dude?
This scientist might be known as the father of the incorrect geocentric system, where the earth is at the center of the solar system.
Who was Ptolemy?
This guy had a controversial theory about people and monkeys, but he had some pretty good ideas about natural selection.
Who was Charles Darwin?
Known on the Slideshow as "The Last Guy," this guy came up with a revolutionary model of the atom that overwhelmed the scientific community's devotion to Newton's laws.
Who was Niels Bohr?