https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis Made with the best of intentions en-us 2016-09-06 21:52:56 UTC 2016-09-09 21:58:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/121959350 Aristotle is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre.]]> 2016-09-06 21:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/121959350 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/121959385 Democritus, according to Diogenes Laertius, was instructed by these Magi in astronomy and theology. After the death of his father he traveled in search of wisdom, and devoted his inheritance to this purpose, amounting to one hundred talents.]]> 2016-09-06 21:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/121959385 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/121959615 2016-09-06 21:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/121959615 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280153 the creation of an elixir of immortality; the creation of panaceas able to cure any disease; and the development of an alkahest, a universal solvent. The perfection of the human body and soul was thought to permit or result from the alchemical magnum opus and, in the Hellenistic and western tradition, the achievement of gnosis. In Europe, the creation of a philosopher's stone was variously connected with all of these projects.]]> 2016-09-07 21:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280153 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280211 Galileo Galilei was a mathematics professor who made pioneering observations of nature with long-lasting implications for the study of physics. He also constructed a telescope and supported the Copernican theory, which supports a sun-centered solar system]]> 2016-09-07 21:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280211 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280340 Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier was a French nobleman and chemist central to the 18th-century chemical revolution]]> 2016-09-07 21:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280340 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280474 During his early career, he identified the hereditary nature of red-green color blindness. In 1803 he revealed the concept of Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures. Also in the 1800s, he was the first scientist to explain the behavior of atoms in terms of the measurement of weight.]]> 2016-09-07 21:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280474 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280514 Avogadro hypothesized that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules. From this hypothesis it followed that relative molecular weights of any two gases are the same as the ratio of the densities of the two gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure.]]> 2016-09-07 21:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280514 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280604 created a farsighted version of the periodic table of elements, and used it to correct the properties of some already discovered elements and also to predict the properties of eight elements yet to be discovered.]]> 2016-09-07 21:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280604 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280783 Thomson's early interest in atomic structure was reflected in his Treatise on the Motion of Vortex Rings which won him the Adams Prize in 1884. His Application of Dynamics to Physics and Chemistry appeared in 1886, and in 1892 he had his Notes on Recent Researches in Electricity and Magnetism published.]]> 2016-09-07 21:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280783 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280888  A pioneer of nuclear physics and the first to split the atom, Rutherford was awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of atomic structure. Dubbed the “Father of the Nuclear Age,” ]]> 2016-09-07 21:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122280888 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281013 While still a student, the announcement by the Academy of Sciences in Copenhagen of a prize to be awarded for the solution of a certain scientific problem, caused him to take up an experimental and theoretical investigation of the surface tension by means of oscillating fluid jet]]> 2016-09-07 21:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281013 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281084 After studying chemistry at the University of Marbug, Hahn moved to London to study radioactivity with Sir William Ramsay. It became a lifelong interest. In 1938, Hahn and radiochemist Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission. ]]> 2016-09-07 21:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281084 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281170 Smart but directionless, Jobs experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Apple's revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad, are now seen as dictating the evolution of modern technology, with Jobs having left the company in 1985 and returning more than a decade later.]]> 2016-09-07 21:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281170 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281301 His education was largely received through numerous experiments in sound and the furthering of his father’s work on Visible Speech for the deaf. Bell worked with Thomas Watson on the design and patent of the first practical telephone.]]> 2016-09-07 21:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281301 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281497 Born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein had a passion for inquiry that eventually led him to develop the special and general theories of relativity. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect and immigrated to the U.S. in the following decade after being targeted by the Nazis.]]> 2016-09-07 21:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281497 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281586 In 1836, others in Europe were also working on the invention, and it is possible Morse knew about these, but no one had yet developed a fully operational device that could transmit over long distances. In 1838, Morse formed a partnership with fellow inventor Alfred Vail, who contributed funds and helped develop the system of dots and dashes for sending signals that would eventually become known as Morse code. ]]> 2016-09-07 21:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281586 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281755 Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only woman to win the award in two different fields (physics and chemistry). Curie's efforts, with her husband Pierre Curie, led to the discovery of polonium and radium and, after Pierre's death, the further development of X-rays.]]> 2016-09-07 21:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281755 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281895 Charles Babbage was an English mathematician, philosopher and inventor born on December 26, 1791, in London, England. Often called “The Father of Computing,” Babbage detailed plans for mechanical Calculating Engines, Difference Engines, and Analytical Engines]]> 2016-09-07 21:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122281895 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122607032 Sir Humphry Davy was an English chemist best known for his contributions to the discoveries of chlorine and iodine. In 1798, he was appointed chemical superintendent of the Pneumatic Institution to study the therapeutic uses of various gases, after which he made several reports on the effects of inhaling nitrous oxide (laughing gas).]]> 2016-09-08 21:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122607032 123568001 https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122607094 She learned crystallography and X-ray diffraction, techniques that she applied to DNA fibers. One of her photographs provided key insights into DNA structure. Other scientists used it as evidence to support their DNA model and took credit for the discovery]]> 2016-09-08 21:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/123568001/s2hfvno8ezis/wish/122607094