An endeavor dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world.
What is Science
100
He championed the idea of spontaneous generation and he is also responsible for it being believed for so long
What is Aristotle
100
He is considered as the first modern scientist
Who is Grosseteste
100
Most important contribution to science was the Law of Mass Conservation
Who is Antoine- Laurent Lavoisier
100
Founder of modern physics
Who is James Clerk Maxwell
200
An ancient form of paper, made from a plant of the same name.
What is Papyrus
200
This scientist is responsible for the idea of the Geocentric system
Who is Ptolemy
200
This scientist proposed the Heliocentric system
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus
200
He developed the first detailed atomic theory and became known as the founder of modern atomic theory
Who is John Dalton
200
He had two theories of relativity and was really big into quantum mechanics
Who is Albert Einstein
300
The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances
What is Spontaneous generation
300
Ancient scientist who believed in atoms and was the student of Leucippus
Who is Democritus
300
This scientist collected a lot of data to support the Heliocentric system but was forced to recant it
Who is Galileo
300
He destroyed the idea of immutability of the species. He showed that living organisms can adapt to changes in their surroundings through a process he called natural selection.
Who is Charles R. Darwin
300
He made a model of the atom and it revealed may of the atom's mysteries
Who is Neils Bohr
400
Sun is at the center of everything and assumed that the planets traveled around the sun
What is Heliocentric system
400
The first true scientists were the ancient Greeks. Name three of humanity's first real scientists
Who is Thales, Anaximander, & Anaximenes
400
This scientist laid down the laws of motion, developed the law of universal gravity, and invented calculus
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
400
He was known for his work with genetics, which studies how traits are passed from parents to offspring
Who is Gregor Mendel
400
Invented the revolutionary idea of quanta
Who is Max Planck
500
Earth is at the center of the universe and that the planets and stars orbit about the earth in a series of circles
What is Geocentric system
500
This scientist is best known for his work with fluids