Great Moments in 19th Century Science:
Matthias Schleiden found plants are made up of these; at dinner he told Theodor Schwann who said, hey, so are animals
cells
Women & Science:
Dr. Margaret Todd gave science this word for different forms of one basic substance; it's from the Greek for "equal" & "place"
Isotope
2010 Science News:
The IUPAC named an element for this man born in 1473 to "highlight the link between astronomy and... nuclear chemistry"
Copernicus
THE SCIENCE WORLD:
With Napoleon III's support, a physiological chemistry lab was created for him at the Ecole Normale Superieure
Louis Pasteur
Science Words:
This word used to denote an irreversible dispersion of energy was coined in the 1860s to sound a bit like "energy"
Entropy
Science & Math Vocabulary:
These 2 words are just 1 letter different; one is a whirlpool & the other a geometry term for a meeting point
Vortex and vertex
MEN OF SCIENCE:
Him vs. him: "The Life-Long Feud That Electrified the World" is a book about these 2 men
Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
SCIENCE HISTORY:
An experiment with mirrors on Mt. Wilson & Mt. San Antonio, Calif. determined what became an accepted figure for this
the speed of light