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Geber introduces the scientific method and experimentation in chemistry, becoming the "father of chemistry".
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Thales, the "father of science', proposed that natural events like lightning and earthquakes have natural causes.
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Aristotle argued that knowledge of nature must be based on evidence and logic.
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Many scientific advancements were made in this short period of a few hundred years.
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Copernicus makes a model of the universe featuring the sun at the center of the universe, not earth.
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Galileo made significant discoveries in fundamental science and applied science. For example, he advanced the telescope shortly after it was invented and studied astrology.
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Marie Curie isolated a new element that came to be called "Radium".
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This theory of relativity both relates to matter and energy and shows gravity as a property of space and time.
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Maria discovered a new nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus, then won a Nobel Prize for it.
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Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail observe the first confirmed discovery of planets outside of the solar system.
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Mario Molina makes important discoveries about how the ozone layer is getting destroyed by pollution.
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At Roslin Institute, Dolly (1996-2003), was cloned using nuclear transfer from an adult somatic cell, becoming the first mammal cloned.
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NASA confirms evidence that water flows on Mars.
