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Albert Einstein: Most of us take Einstein's name as synonymous with genius, but he didn't always show such promise. Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven, causing his teachers and parents to think he was mentally handicapped, slow and anti-social. Eventually, he was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. It might have taken him a bit longer, but most people would agree that he caught on pretty well in the end, winning the Nobel Prize and changing the face of modern physics.

Charles Darwin: In his early years, Darwin gave up on having a medical career and was often chastised by his father for being lazy and too dreamy. Darwin himself wrote, "I was considered by all my masters and my father, a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard of intellect." Perhaps they judged too soon, as Darwin today is well-known for his scientific studies.

Robert Goddard: Goddard today is hailed for his research and experimentation with liquid-fueled rockets, but during his lifetime his ideas were often rejected and mocked by his scientific peers who thought they were outrageous and impossible. Today rockets and space travel don't seem far-fetched at all, due largely in part to the work of this scientist who worked against the feelings of the time.

Isaac Newton: Newton was undoubtedly a genius when it came to math, but he had some failings early on. He never did particularly well in school and when put in charge of running the family farm, he failed miserably, so poorly in fact that an uncle took charge and sent him off to Cambridge where he finally blossomed into the scholar we know today.

Socrates: Despite leaving no written records behind, Socrates is regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the Classical era. Because of his new ideas, in his own time he was called "an immoral corrupter of youth" and was sentenced to death. Socrates didn't let this stop him and kept right on, teaching up until he was forced to poison himself.

Robert Sternberg: This big name in psychology received a C in his first college introductory psychology class with his teacher telling him that, "there was already a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another." Sternberg showed him, however, graduating from Stanford with exceptional distinction in psychology, summa cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa and eventually becoming the President of the American Psychological Association.

Thomas Edison: In his early years, teachers told Edison he was "too stupid to learn anything." Work was no better, as he was fired from his first two jobs for not being productive enough. Even as an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. Of course, all those unsuccessful attempts finally resulted in the design that worked.

Orville and Wilbur Wright: These brothers battled depression and family illness before starting the bicycle shop that would lead them to experimenting with flight. After numerous attempts at creating flying machines, several years of hard work, and tons of failed prototypes, the brothers finally created a plane that could get airborne and stay there.

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Who was Jonathan Hutchinson?

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Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (1828-1913) was an English physician, surgeon, and medical scientist.

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How does technology help scientists?

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A classic example would be the development of better lenses and of ways of using lenses together. Biologists are able to study many species without the need to get close to them, using binoculars. Microbiologists have discovered and studied an enormous number of species using microscopes. Astronomers still use optical telescopes to advance knowledge of the sky.

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What scientist used flasks to support the theory of biogenesis?

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Louis pasteur was the one to support th theory of biogenesis.

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Do you like studies?

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It's not my idea of fun and definitely not easy, but I feel like it is helping me and I am getting a good education by learning every part of the language. This is important to know and having knowledge on it is going to help with comprehension later in life and it will help greatly with education in general. By knowing correct English, you will seem smarter to people. It helps to have a great teacher, as I do now. Make sure you learn what you can when you can because according to her you won't learn as much grammar as you should in high school or college, you will merely be tested on what the school assumes you do know.

Zoology or Animal Biology

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What do you call a scientist who studies ducks?

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An aviologist.

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Was nicoli tesla into the occult?

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Nikola Tesla was a famous inventor and made many contributions to modern technology some far in advance such as his wireless-power system which would have played hob with Radio and TV reception ( he predicted TV by the way). Tesla was something of an eccentric, as are many inventors and definitely a publicity hound but not known to be an occult practitioner. Science and occultism do not mix.

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Scientist who study the fundamental structure of matter?

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Particle physicists.

or Quantum Physicists

or Atomic Physicists

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What might scientist study to find out about the end of Maya civilization?

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Archaeological remains, primarily, but specific aspects may need other skills in, for example, such as biology. Also historical records left by the Spanish who were the first Europeans to arrive in the region, though their accounts would have to be treated with due caution.

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What is the name of some minority scientists?

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George Washington Carver was an American scientist of African descent. Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi were Jewish immigarants who fled Europe. Nicola Tesla was Yugoslavian. Thomas Edison was deaf. Marie Curie was female of course.

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Which social scientist would most likely study the artifacts from these ruins?

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Archaeologist

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In what US city do you find the greatest number of brilliant scientists?

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The greatest number of scientists are found in New york City.

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Why do you think that having similar embryos tells scientists that two phyla should be listed near each other?

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get a life

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Scientists extrapolate backwards in time to derive?

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the big bang theory

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Scientists who work to investigate new theories or formulate basic principles are considered?

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pure scientists

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Who all the scientists named Sophia?

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What are some famous scientists in the 21 century?

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What were the names of Nikola Tesla's parents?

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Nikola Tesla's father's name was Milutan and his mother's name was Djuka.

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What rules do you have to follow to be a scientist?

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you have to have a love for science, you have to have good grades too. You also have to have a degree in the sciences and go to a good college.

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Why did Tesla invent radio's?

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He didn't.

Many people 'could' take credit for the invention of the radio - and Tesla has his place in the list, but not for either discovering, inventing of it. If you want to know the inventor of radio, technically that might be a guy named Maxwell who theorized EM transmissions could be used to produce something like radio waves.

The first real work with Radio waves was done by Heinrich Rudolf Hertz between 1887 and 1890. He believe it or not didn't think his research was of any real use to people at the time. :)

Guglielmo Marconi would be the first to actually create a fully functioning system, and is generally considered the 'inventor of radio'. It's these patents that were reversed after the start of WWII that allowed Tesla's American Patents to give him credit for invention that confuse people. Marconi, being Italian - and not one of the Allied countries - and being nominated by Musolini as the Head of the Facsist Grand Council ... well, even though he died in 1937 - he lost his patents right after America went to war in 1943. Probably wasn't right that it happened but it did. As a result Tesla's patents were put in place and Tesla got revisioned in as a genius for inventing radio.

In reality - Tesla didn't think radio waves were real. Tesla thought that Maxwell, Lodge, and Hertz - pretty much everyone else -- was wrong in their findings that airborne electromagnetic waves (radio waves) existed. Tesla thought it was what he called "electrostatic thrusts", with the real signals being conducted by Earth currents and not through the air at all. So calling him the father of Radio is really misleading. He patented a model boat that used circuits he - frankly didn't understand - and demonstrated it to the press. For that, he got credit.

So Marconi was the first real long distance radio inventor. Reginald A. Fessenden will come along and introduce radio with audio (voices) in 1907 and then things really took off as we know them today.

It is notable that in the Blizzard of 1888 trains used a device created by Thomas Edison to transmit messages - it's beleived this is the first 'SOS' ever sent, but it used limited field induction - and although wireless communication, isn't generally considered a 'radio'. The earliest patent in wireless communication is from Alexander Gram Bell (inventor of the the Telephone) who created something called the Photophone in 1880 that used light waves instead of radio.

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Are brain scientists real?

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lawlz,

yes they are real. Many different types of brain scientist exist, there are people who study the brain by dissecting dead ones, people who study the brain by experimenting on people( not cutting them open.. sometimes they will connect the person to an MRI and have them perform different brain functions and map out which ares light up with the different functions)..... there are many other types of brain scientist, the study of the human brain is a popular science and the nmber of people who do so is rising.

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