Pioneers of Science
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- Hooke
- Cells in cork; named cells
- Redi
- Disproved spontaneous generation {maggots and meat}
- Harvey
- Dug up bodies to learn about organs. Discovered circulatory system
- Aristotle
- First to classify plants and animals; philosopher
- Pasteur
- Discovered that germs cause disease; disproved spontaneous generation
- Pavlov
- Described a type of simple animal behavior known as classical conditioning
- Virchow
- Discovered that all cells arise from other living cells
- Lister
- First person to sterilize instruments for surgery
- Schleiden
- Discovered that plants are made of cells
- Schwann
- Discovered that animals are made of cells
- Leeuwenhoek
- First person to view blood cells under microscope
- James Watson and Francis Crick
- Discovered the “double helix†structure of DNA
- Rosalind Franklin
- Was instrumental in discovering the structure of DNA; received little credit
- Mendel
- Father of hereditary; studied genetics with pea plants; monk
- Jonas Salk
- Polio Vaccine
- Alexander Fleming
- Discovered penicillin
- Edward Jenner
- Found small pox vaccine
- Alfred Wallace
- Proposed theory of natural selection around same time as Darwin but received very little credit
- Mary and Louis Leaky
- Found fossil of a 4 million year old “human-like†organism {Australopithecus}
- Charles Darwin
- Went down in history as founder of the law of natural selection
- Miller and Urey
- Performed an experiment in which organic matter {amino acids, etc} was generated from inorganic matter
- Konrad Lorenz
- Studied genetic basis of behavior by observing imprinting in geese
- Charles Drew
- Developed a method for typing and storing blood; started first blood bank
- Rachel Carson
- Book “Silent Spring†in which she explained the affect of pesticides {mainly DDT} on the ecosystem
- Jane Goodall
- Studied the behavior of chimpanzees in the wild
- Linnaeus
- Came up with system for classifying and naming organisms; still used today