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Scientist Timeline

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    Plato

    Plato
    Born 428 BC. Creator of the first European university, called the Academy.
  • May 19, 672

    Democritus

    Democritus
    Born 420 BC. Created the Atomic Theory (the theory that all matter is made of atoms).
  • Aug 9, 732

    Aristotle

    Aristotle
    Born 384 BC. Created the theory that lighter objects fall faster than heavier objects, which was later disproved by Gallileo.
  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei
    Invented the telescope and thermometer. Developed the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. FUN FACT: Middle finger is in a museum

  • Gregor Mendel

    Gregor Mendel
    Developed the modern Theory of Genetics. He often used peas for his studies.

  • Dmitry Mendeleev

    Dmitry Mendeleev
    Created the first Period Table of the Elements, originally in Russian.

  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur
    Created the Anthrax vaccine and the Rabies vaccine. Developed the germ theory and pasteurization.

  • Florence Bascom

    Florence Bascom
    Created a survey of the Mid-Atlantic Reef.

  • Garrett Morgan

    Garrett Morgan
    Invented a hair straightening cream, the gas mask, and the modern day traffic light.

  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein
    Dedicated to physics, Albert Einstein developed important formulas such as e=mc^2 and energy = mass x speed of light squared

  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr
    Contributed to Atomic Theory and Quantum Physics. Created the Bohr Model.

  • Edwin Hubble

    Edwin Hubble
    Developed the theory that galaxies move away from one another. Also developed a chart to tell whether galaxies are elliptical or spiral.

  • Percy Julian

    Percy Julian
    Created steriods and the medical treatment for glaucoma.

  • Linus Pauling

    Linus Pauling
    A Quantitive Scientist who tried to stop the use of nuclear weapons in World War II.

  • Frederic Mohs

    Frederic Mohs
    Invented surgery that cures skin cancer.

  • Dorothy Hodgkin

    Dorothy Hodgkin
    Discovered structures of Insulin, Vitamin B12, and Penicilin. First woman in UK to win the Nobel Prize.

  • Marie Tharp

    Marie Tharp
    Mapped the topography of multiple ocean floors.

  • Ted Fujita

    Ted Fujita
    Created the F scale, a scale that rated tornadoes by amount of damage, wind speed, etc.

  • John Herschel Glenn Jr

    John Herschel Glenn Jr
    Astronaut who supported the scientists of the world financially. Nearly died on Friendship 7.

  • Peter Higgs

    Peter Higgs
    Discovered the God Particle.

  • Jane Goodall

    Jane Goodall
    Works with Ape Conservation by traveling the world.

  • Hwang Woo-Suk

    Hwang Woo-Suk
    Successfully cloned a dog and dairy cow. Studied cloning all his life.

  • Neil DeGrassie Tyson

    Neil DeGrassie Tyson
    A valued astronaut. Has been hired for a future aerospace project by George Bush.

  • Socrates

    Socrates
    Ancient Greek philosopher. Taught Plato. Hung due to charges of changing young Athenian minds.

  • Archimedes

    Archimedes
    Born 287 BC. Developed many modern pre-Algebra methods and techniques.
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