scientific discoveries 09

New Scientific New Scientific TheoriesTheories

DarwinismDarwinismWe are descended We are descended

from apesfrom apesNatural selection – Natural selection –

survival of the survival of the fittestfittest Evolution – pass on Evolution – pass on

successful traits to successful traits to offspringoffspring

Church not happyChurch not happy Violates creation Violates creation

theory taught for theory taught for last two thousand last two thousand yearsyears

Why did this animal survive?

Are the odds in this one’s favor?

Other Science Other Science BreakthroughsBreakthroughs

Darwin leads to questions involving geneticsDarwin leads to questions involving genetics Mendel – traits of parents not always blendedMendel – traits of parents not always blended

Dominant and recessive genes.Dominant and recessive genes.

Other Science Other Science BreakthroughsBreakthroughs

Edward JennerEdward Jenner Cures smallpoxCures smallpox

Uses cowpox to Uses cowpox to cure smallpoxcure smallpox

First use of First use of vaccinationvaccination

Ironic that we now have to do it again huh?

Louis PasteurHeat liquids to kill germsDiscovers Anthrax vaccine and antibodies

Other Science Other Science BreakthroughsBreakthroughs

Robert KochRobert KochCures CholeraCures Cholera

Cities need proper sewageCities need proper sewage YEEEUUUKKKK!!!!YEEEUUUKKKK!!!!

Ivan Pavlov – experiments on “Conditioned Response” w/ his dog

You can actually change someone’s biological response to something through training.

Sigmund Freud Analytical Psychology – studying of dreams and the unconscious mind

Our unconscious mind tells us more about ourselves than our conscious mind

ChemistryChemistry

MendeleyevMendeleyevPeriodic table of elements Periodic table of elements

Look in the science classLook in the science class

Marie Curie (and her husband)Marie Curie (and her husband)Atoms made up of neutrons, protons and Atoms made up of neutrons, protons and

electronselectronsExperiment with radioactivityExperiment with radioactivity

Ideas later lead to X-rays, nuclear Ideas later lead to X-rays, nuclear power, atomic bombs etc.power, atomic bombs etc.