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Applied Science - Science and Math (4C)
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JUST A FEW INVENTORS
AND SCIENTISTS
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Carolus Linnaeus |
(1707-1778) |
classification system |
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Marie Curie |
(1867-1898) |
radioactivity, discovered radium and polonium |
| Galileo Galilii | (1564-1642) | gravity, telescope allowed him to discover many unknown features |
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Isaac Newton |
(1643-1727) |
laws of motion, calculus, optics, celestial mechanics |
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Louis Pasteur |
(1822-1895) |
spread of disease, pasteurization |
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Charles Darwin |
(1809-1882) |
natural selection, coral reefs, evolution |
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Jonas Salk |
(1914- ) |
vaccine for polio |
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Albert Einstein |
(1879-1955) |
relativity, photoelectric effect, quantum mechanics |
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George Washington |
(1861-1943) |
agriculture, peanuts and sweet potato products |
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Robert Fulton |
(1765-1815) |
steamboat |
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Thomas Edison |
(1847-1931) |
incandescent lamp, electric power station, phonograph |
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Marconi Guglielmo |
(1874-1937) |
wireless telegraph |
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T’sai Lun |
around 100 A.D. |
paper |
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early North Africans |
writing, numbers |
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early American Indians |
agriculture |