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Scientists
This category is for questions about the people who apply the scientific method to solve problems, introduce new concepts, and strive to explain the natural world.
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Redi and Pasteur helped to disprove spontaneous generation.
What did Andrew Ure do with Professor Jeffray on 4th of November 1818?
On this day in 1818:
The murderer Matthew Clydesdale was executed by hanging. His body was taken to the anatomy theatre at the Old College in High Street, where Dr Andrew Ure of Anderson's Institution and James Jeffray, Professor of Anatomy at the University, conducted a series of experiments using a galvanic battery, passing an electric current through the corpse. The resulting spasms and convulsions reportedly caused consternation among the attending students, and "several... were forced to leave the apartment from terror or sickness, and one gentleman fainted". The experiment gave rise to a persistent rumour that the professors had attempted to bring the corpse back to life.
This was one of the last occasions on which the corpse of an executed criminal was sent for dissection in Scotland.
- James Jeffray
They were from all parts of the world
What do scientists draw after they get their research?
Using the scientific method, a scientist may draw a conclusion, part of a conclusion or draw up a new question after they complete their research.
To study how violent conflicts between groups could be averted one would most likely consult a?
social psychologist.
Why is honesty important in a scientist when the results of an experiment go against predictions?
Because they need to be hoonest about all there work.
Jean Piaget
sociobiologist
There is no direct way to measure pollution produced by a city with
Landsat data, but you could calculate the extent (area) of the
city and then potentially extrapolate pollution based pollution-per-area averages.
For more on Landsat & urban growth, see the related link below.
Johannes kepler
Which is a journal in which scientists publish original scholarly research?
Biology in General and Ecology are both scientific journals that allow scientist to publish articles. An added benefit is the fact that some journals also peer review the articles.
Who was the scientist that developed a new model of planetary motion?
Isaac newton discovered the three principles of planetary motion
What famous scientist had a low IQ?
The famous scientist that had a low IQ was named: Jin Choi Wong.
He inventing the automatic toothbrush, and the spray bottle.
Hope this helps! :)
Who first coined the word satellite?
Satellite comes via French satellite from Latin satelles 'attendant,escort', which itself probably went back to Etruscan satnal. Its use for a 'body orbiting a planet' is first recorded in English in 1665, and comes from the astronomer Johannes Kepler's application of Latin satelles to the moons of Jupiter.
How did Isaac Newton prove the sun is the center of the universe?
Copernicus did not prove it and there was no way of 'proving' it until about 140 years after his time.
Copernicus presented an alternative to the ancient Ptolemaic theory in 1543, and showed that with the Sun in the centre the planets moved round simpler paths in space. Copernicus used circles and epicycles for his theory, just as Ptolemy had done, and he showed that, with the Sun at the centre, some of the major epicycles could be reduced in size to simplify the geometrical details .
About 50 years after Copernicus's time, Tycho Brahe made some new highly accurate measurements of the planets' positions, using equipment designed by himself, and these were then used by Johannes Kepler to produce an entirely new theory published in 1609 which retained Copernicus's idea of placing the Sun at the centre, but the planets' orbits were now elliptical.
Fast forward to 1687 when the publication of Newton's 'Principia' introduced the law of gravity and the laws of motion. Using theory, Newton showed that a planet under the force of gravity must move in an elliptical orbit obeying Kepler's three laws of planetary motion.
After that people started to become convinced that the Sun is at the centre, and Kepler's model is still in use today.
However Ptolemy's geocentric model was used in planetarium mechanisms right up until the advent of computer-controlled planetariums.
