Differences in Styles of Research

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
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Walter Reed- yellow fever is caused by a virus carried by a mosquito.