Isaac Newton
Where did they do their work?
Cambridge University; outside in natural environment
Where did they do their work?
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Where did they do their work?
Radiation Laboratories: in UC Berkley; MIT; Manhattan Project
What work did Isaac Newton do that we use today?
Created the 3 laws of motion and discovered gravity.
Nainoa Thompson
What was Isaac Newton often called?
Grandfather of Gravity
What kind of work did they do?
engineering - engineered a fighter plane for WW2, rockets, ballistic missiles.
What did Luis spend most of his time designing?
Fat Man Plutonium bomb
What work did Mary Golda Ross do that we use today?
Ballistic missiles and development of rockets.
What do engineers do?
create and design possible solutions to problems.
What was their personality like?
unlikeable character
Why was Mary discriminated against?
She was a Native American women of color
What kind of work did they do?
Developed wireless devices that give and receive electrical signals; instruments that measures bomb strength
What work did Alvarez do that relates to motion or collisions?
He developed a theory to explain the extinction of dinosaurs.
What do scientists do?
study the natural world and how things work
Name the 3 laws of motion
Law of inertia, the law of acceleration, and the law of action and reaction.
Where and what did Mary get her Master's degree in?
Masters in Engineering; from Northern Colorado University
Where did he come from?
San Francisco, CA
What epidemic was occurring when Newton was alive?
Bubonic plague
Do all things fall to Earth at the same time? Why or why not?
Yes, the gravitational pull of Earth causes all things to fall toward Earth at the same time (without any interference of air resistance/drag)
Where did he come from?
Cambridge, England
What was her personality like?
well-liked and respected
What work did they do that we use today?
microphone/transmitters that could be dropped from a moving plane to send the strength of an atomic explosion to the scientist; a device to measure bomb strength, plutonium bomb
What did Mary Ross do that relates to motion and collisions?
Mary Golda Ross worked with NASA in a think tank that was classified. Did we ever get access to this information?
NO, it is top secret and still classified.