Apologia General Science Module 1
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- Destroyed the idea of the immutability of species
- Darwin
- Demonstrated the First Law of Thermodynamics
- Joule
- He is best known for his model of the atom. It was named after him, and revealed many of the atom's mysteries
- Bohr
- Discovered the Law of Mass Conservation
- Lavoisier
- One of the first scientists
- Thales
- Ancient Greek scientists who believed in atoms
- Democritus
- He developed the first detailed atomic theory and became known as the founder of modern atomic theory
- Dalton
- Determinded how traits are passed on during reproduction
- Mendel
- Considered the first modern scientist
- Grosseteste
- Had two theories of relativity and was big in quantum mechanics
- Einstein
- Founder of modern physics
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Developed the idea of spontaneous generation
- Aristotle
- Proposed heliocentric system
- Copernicus
- Propsed geocentric system
- Ptolemy
- The single greatest scientist of all time
- Newton
- Collected much data in favor of the heliocentric system but was forced to recant belief in it
- Galileo