Differences in Styles of Research
There were still stiking differences among leading nations regarding the circumstances and styles of research
- In Britain there was a marked absence of institutions providing jobs for researchers
- In Germany, the Natural Sciences shared in the rise in size and prestige of the University System
- 1856 William Henry Perkin- Synthetic dyestuffs
Progress in PHYSICS
- Hans Christian Oersted- electic current produces a magnetic field
- Michael Faraday- reverse effectJoseph Henry- built the 1st powerful electromagnets and invented the electric motor
- James Prescott Joule- 1st law of thermodynamics
- Wilhelm Roentgen- x-ray
- Marie Curie- gave the name radioactive, she and her husband Pierre Curi went on to discover polonium and radium
Progress in CHEMISTRY
- Friedrich Wohler- prepared urea in a test tube from inorganic starting materials
- Baron Justus Von Liebig- chemical fertilizers
- Dmitri Mendeleev- systematic and periodic arrangement
- Progress in ASTRONOMY
- Sir William Herchel- uranus did notb t precisely mve in its expected orbit
- Urban J.J. Everrier- neptune
Progress in BIOLOGY
- Karl Ernst Von Baer- embryology
- Charles Darwin- Origin of Speies
- Gregor Mendel- Pattern of inheritance of characteristic from one generation of sweet peas to other.
Progress in MEDICINE
- William Morton- anesthetics
- Louis Pasteur- methods of immunizing people
- Joseph Lister- antiseptic surgery
Walter Reed- yellow fever is caused by a virus carried by a mosquito.
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