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TASK 1

E-PORTFOLIO 1
HISTORY
OF SCIENCE
THE MAJOR DISCOVERIES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN
SCIENCE
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SCIENCE
 The word SCIENCE comes from the latin world
SCIENTIA (sye en’tee uh) which means “to
have knowledge” a knowing, expertness, or
experience by the late 14th century, science
meant, in English collective knowledge.

 Definition of Science: an endeavor dedicated to


the accumulation and classification of observable
facts in order to formulate general laws about
natural world.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SCIENCE
 Scientist observe the world around us and
collect facts which lead to general
conclusions.

“A wise man learns from the mistakesof others.”


the history of science can teach us how science
should done or should not be done.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SCIENCE
 The history of science studies the
emergence and development of systematic
knowledge. Linguistic and historiographic
traditions diverge sharply as to what kind
of knowledge that is (e.g., the
German Wissenschaft versus the
Anglophone ‘science’), with significant
consequences for the scope and methods of
the field.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SCIENCE
 The history of science is an ancient pursuit, but a
relatively young discipline. Although major
works dedicated to the history of one or another
science have been published since the eighteenth
century, specialist journals, learned societies, and
university positions date mostly from the
twentieth century. Since the Enlightenment, the
historiography of science has been dominated
by narratives of progress and by the central
position of the Scientific Revolution.
THE MAJOR
DISCOVERIES AND
DEVELOPMENTS
IN SCIENCE
DATE
DISCOVERER: WILLIAM GILBERT
MAJOR DISCOVERIES: EARTH’S MAGNETIC
FIELD
1600 The Earth’s functions as a large magnet used as a compass
needle with its field.

DISCOVERER: RENE DESCARTES


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

1637 A researcher creates a theory, tests it using various methods,


and then revises it based on the results of the tests and
experiments.

DISCOVERER: EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: THE MERCURY

1643 BAROMETER

It is a device for measuring air pressure at a specific spot.


DATE

DISCOVERER: ISAAC NEWTON

1666 MAJOR DISCOVERIES: LAW OF GRAVITY

This is considered the beginning of modern astronomy.

DISCOVERER: Anton van Leeuwenhoek


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: MICROSCOPIC ORGANISM

1675 He most likely saw protozoa for the first time, followed by bacteria
few years later. He was able to isolate those “extremely little
animalcules” from several source

DISCOVERER: OLE ROMER


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: THE SPEED OF LIGHT
1676 Rømer was the first to record eclipses of Jupiter’s moon to
determine the speed of light.
DATE
DISCOVERER: EWALD JURGEN GEORG VON
KLEIST
Nov. 4, MAJOR DISCOVERIES: THE LEYDEN JAR
1745
It was the first device that could store large amounts of
electric charge.

DISCOVERER: ALESSANDRO VOLTA


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: THE ELECTRIC BATTERY
March 20, Volta stacked alternating zinc and silver discs separated by brine-
1800 soaked linen in a hapazard manner. He constructed the pile, which
included up to thirty disks in the shape of a torpedo fish’s electric
organ.

DISCOVERER: WILLIAM MORTON


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: ANESTHESIA
October 16, During medical treatments, these medicines prevent you from feeling
1846 pain. Morton was the first person to successfully demonstrate ether
anesthesia during surgery in public. He is credited with getting surgical
anesthetic acceptance in medical community.
DATE
DISCOVERER: DMITRI MENDELEEV
MAJOR DISCOVERIES: THE PERIODIC TABLE

1869 Mendeleev scribbled the chemical element’s symbols,


arranged them according to their atomic weights and created
the periodic table.

DISCOVERER: WILHELM CONRAD RONTGEN


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: X-RAYS

When Röntgen was examining if cathode rays could travel through


Nov. 8, glass in his lab, he saw a glow coming from a nearby chemically
1895 coated screen. Because of their unknown nature, he called the
rays that generated the illumination X-rays. It is a huge scientific
breakthrough that by making the unseen visible, would assist
avariety of professions, most notably medicine.

DISCOVERER: MARIE AND PIERRE CURIE


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: RADIUM AND POLONIUM

1898 In their investigation of pitchblende, Curies discovered the elements


radium and polonium. Also, both elements are radioactive but offer
benefits. For instance, radium rays were utilized to treat a variety of
ailments, including lupus, cancer, and neurological disorders.
DATE
DISCOVERER: HENRY MOSELEY
MAJOR DISCOVERIES: THE ATOMIC NUMBER

1913
Moseley used x-rays to discover the atomic number of each element, resulting in a
more precise periodic table structure. Also, he developed the Moseley’s Law, which is
the link between atomic number and x-rays frequency. Scientist were able to develop
anew, more precise method of organizing elements because of this breakthrough. His
method is precise that it has predicted the existence of components that have yet to
idebtified.

DISCOVERER: GEORGES LEMAITRE


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: THE BIG BANG THEORY

1927 Lemaitre proposed that the physical world began as a single


particle, the “primeval atom,” which dissolved in an
explosion, resulting in space and time, as well as the
universe’s ongoing expansion.

DISCOVERER: ALEXANDER FLEMING


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: PENICILLIN
September
1928 Antibiotics were developed because of this finding,
dramatically reducing the number of infections-related
deaths.
DATE
DISCOVERER: OSWALD THEODORE AVERY JR.
MAJOR DISCOVERIES: THE CHROMOSOME

1943 Oswald Avery’s group demonstrated that DNA was the “transforming
principle” in a very simple experiment. When DNA was recovered
from one strain of bacteria, it was able to convert and impart traits to
another strain. Hereditary information was carried by DNA.

DISCOVERER: MARIA GOEPPERT MAYER


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: NUCLEAR SHELL MODEL

August According to the model, each nucleon moves in a central potential well
generated by the other nucleons, like how electrons in the atomic shell
1948 model orbit a potential well created by the nucleus. The orbits form a
succession of increasing energy shells. The most stable nuclei have
entirely filled outer shells.

DISCOVERER: JANE COOKE WRIGHT


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: ANTI-CANCER AGENTS

1967 Wright studied the association between patient and tissue culture response and
devised new cancer treatment delivery methods. Hundred of medication were
examined for their ability to eradicate human cancers and researcgers studied
how these drugs could be tested in cell culture. Her work transformed cancer
research and how doctors treat cancer patients.
DATE
DISCOVERER: ANDRE KONSTANTIN GEIM
MAJOR DISCOVERIES: GRAPHENE
October 22, It’s a super conductive carbon sheet built from single-atom thick
2004 sheets. It is the world thinnest material, as well as one of the
strongest and hardest. It is a superior alternative to silicon with
numerous applications.

DISCOVERER: DR. GERO HUTTER


MAJOR DISCOVERIES: ADVANCEMENT IN HIV CURE

2007 Even through HIV/AIDS remain one of the world’s worst diseases, no
definitive cure has been developed. However, on the said year, Hutter
was the first to effectively cure Timothy Ray Brown, an HIV/AIDS
patient, by transferring bone marrow from an HIV-immune patient.

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