GREAT SCIENTISTS OF THE WORLD

      FAMOUS SCIENTISTS  OF THE WORLD

 

Aristotle (384-322 BC)

                                   

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

           
Aristotle

    
As a famous Greek philosopher, educator and scientist, Aristotle did a lot of writings that turned out to be the first that made a comprehensive system of Western philosophy. His works were written on a variety of topics, including morality and aesthetics, logic and science, politics and metaphysics. Aristotle was the one who updated engraving and performed a large-scale classification of plants and animals.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Albert Einstein

          One of the greatest scientists of the 20th century is the author of numerous inventions and theories that transformed a lot of concepts linked to space and time, with the most important discovery being the theory of relativity. Other discoveries of Einstein include the photoelectric effect and the Einstein calculator.                                              

Alexander Graham Bell (1857 - 1922)

Alexander Graham Bell

During the experiments he carried out with the telegraph, Bell came up with the idea of the telephone.
The inventor of one of the most popular devices today thought that the telephone was intruding, which is why he did not have one in his workplace.








 

Archimedes of Syracuse (287 - 212 BC)

Archimedes of Syracuse

Frederick Banting (1891 - 1941)

 Emile Berliner (1851 - 1929) 

                                                                                           

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858 - last seen alive 1913)

Karl Drais (1785 - 1851)

Ferdinand Verbiest (1623 - 1688)

          Due to the fact that Archimedes was a person with multiple interests, including math, physics, astronomy and engineering, he managed to become a successful inventor. He became famous for his innovative thinking and was the one to come up with a lot of innovative machines, including the Archimedes screw that is still used today to pump liquids, coal, grain and more.

Sir Alexander Fleming (1881 - 1955)

Gottlieb Daimler (1834 - 1900)

Edwin Herbert Land (1909 - 1991)

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519)

Levi Strauss (1829 - 1902)

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (1873 - 1950)

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845 - 1923)

Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)

Fritz Pfleumer (1881 - 1945)

Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647)

                                                  

Konrad Zuse (1910 - 1995)

Branches of biology

Biology science have three major divisions: Zoology (animals science), Botany (plant science), and Microbiology (microorganisms). Some important branches of Biology are given below:

SN	Branch	Area of study
1.	Agrobiology	Quantitive aspects of plant life and nutrition
2.	Agroforestry	Use of land for cultivation of herbaceous and tree crops
3.	Agronomy	Management of farms, cultivation of field crops
4.	Agrology	Soil science in relation to production of crops
5.	Algology (Phycology)	Algae
6.	Anatomy	Internal structure
7.	Angiology	Blood vessels
8.	Anthrology	Human Beings
9.	Araneology	Spiders
10.	Anthology	Flowers
11.	Bionomics	Relationship of an organisms with its living and non-living environment
12.	Bacteriology	Bacteria
13.	Biochemistry	Chemical reactions in relation to life activities
14.	Biogeography	Distribution of plants and animals
15.	Biotechnology	Utilization of living organisms and their products in industrial processes
16.	Biogeography	Distribution of plants and animals
17.	Biometrics	Mathematical statistics in relation to biological research
18.	Carcinology	Crustaceans
19.	Carcinomalogy	Cancer
20.	Cardiology	Heart
21.	Chondrology	Cartilage
22.	Craniology	Skull
23.	Conchology	Mulluscan shells
24.	Dermatology	Skin
25.	Demecology	population in relation to its environment
26.	Ecology	Interaction of organisms with their environment
27.	Embryology	Embryonic development of organisms
28.	Entomology	Insects
29.	Ethology	Animal behavior
30.	Etiology	Causes of diseases
31.	Evolution	Origin and evolution of life
32.	Etiology	Causes of diseases
33.	Forestry	Growing and conservation of forests
34.	Genetics	Heredity and variations
35.	Haematology	Blood
36.	Hepatology	Liver
37.	Herpetology	Amphibians and reptiles
38.	Histology	Tisssues
39.	Icthyology	Fishes
40.	Karyology	Nucleus
41.	Limnology	Fresh water bodies
42.	Mastology	Mammary glands
43.	Morphology	Forms and structure
44.	Mycology	Fungi
45.	Myology	Muscles
46.	Myrmecology	Ants
47.	Nephrology	Kidney
48.	Nidology	Nests
49	Ophilogy	Snakes
50.	Ornithology	Birds
51.	Palaeontology	Fossils
52.	Pediatrics	Disorder and diseases of childrens
53.	Saurology	Lizards
54.	Synecology	Community in relation to environments
55.	Spelaeology	Organisms inhabiting in caves
56.	Spermology	Seeds
57.	Taxonomy	Identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms
58.	Toxicology	Production of toxins and their effects on organisms
59.	Trophology	Nutrition
60.	Zymology	Fermentation

If you have  knowledge on more branches you can feel free to comment. 

Father of Science

Some key scientists in biology

Father of Biology	Aristotle
Father of Botany	Theophrastus
Father of Zoology	Aristotle
Father of Taxonomy	Carolous Linnaeus
Father of Genetics	Gregor John Mendel
Father of Experimental genetics	T. H. Morgan
Father of Microscopy	Marcello Malpighii
Father of Comparative Anatomy	B. G. Cuvier
Father of Modern Anatomy	Andreas Vesalimm
Father of blood circulation	William Harvey
Father of Evolutionary ideas	Empedocles
Farher of modern Embryology	K. V. Baer
Father of Ayurveda	Charaka
Father of palaeontology	L. da Vinci
Father of medicine	Hippocrates
Father of Bacteriology	Robert Koch
Father of Microbiology	Louis Pasteur
Father of mutation	Hugo de Vries
Father of Immunology	Edward Jenner
Father of Modern Genetics	Bateson
Father of Cytology	Robert Hooke
Father of Virology	W. M. Stanley
Father of Ecology	Reitter
Father of Parasitology	Platter

biology quiz

1. Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?
ans: Charles Darwin

2.How many teeth does an average human adult have?
ans: 32

3. What is the pulse rate of an average healthy human being?
ans: 72 beats per minute

4.  What is the name given to the green pigment in plants?
ans:  Chlorophyll

5.  How is the age of a tree determined?
ans:  By counting the annual rings in a cut trunk

6. Who observed living cell first?
ans: Anton Von Leeuwenhoek

7. The study of fruit is called
ans:  pomology

 8. The most abundant substance in protoplasm is
ans: Water


9. Science dealing with study of fishes is known as
ans: Icthyology


10. Scientific culture of silkworm is
ans: Sericulture


11. Paleontology is the study of:
ans: Fossils


12. Who discovered the relation between mosquito and malaria?
ans: Ronald Ross


13. Farmers can keep their soil fertile by:
ans: crop rotation

14.  Which food stuff turns blue-black when brought in contact with iodine?
ans: Starch

15.  Coal is formed due to the process of...?
ans: Carbonization

16. Larva of butterfly and moth is called as
ans: Caterpillar

17. Helix is the name of
ans: Garden snail

18. The cavity in the body of  "hydra" is called
ans: Coelenteron

19. Highest unit of classification is
ans: Kingdom

20. How many chambered are there in heart of frog?
ans: 3-chambered

21. The larva of mosquito is called
ans: Wriggler

22. The mode of nutrition in fungi is mostly
ans: Saprophytic

23. Which gland produce growth hormone?
ans: pituitary gland

24.The drugs taken by us are metabolized in
ans: liver

25. Which is the largest of human body?
ans: skin

26.  Plant of biology dealing with distribution of plants on earths surface is called
ans: phytogeography

27. Study of soil and soil content is called
ans: Edaphology

28. Study of flower is called
ans: anthology

29. Physical basis of life is
ans: Protoplasm

30. Infolding of mitochondria is called
ans: Cristae

general knowledge quiz questions and answers

All round general knowledge.

 Read the general knowledge questions and lighten your mind with lots of knowledge.
This page consists of all mix questions of general knowledge. Read it and get lots of knowledge.

1.  Which is the world longest river? 

ans: Nile

2. Which is the world longest highway?

 ans: Trans (CANADA)

3. length of world longest highway?

ans: 8000m 

4.  Which is the world highest mountain?

ans: Mount Everest ( 8848m)


5. Where is the world highest mountain located?
ans: Nepal


6. The biggest desert in the world?
ans: Sahara (Africa)


7. Which is the largest coffee growing country in the world? 
ans: Brazil


8. Which country is also known as the "country of copper" ?
ans: Zambia


9. Which is the coldest place in the earth?
ans: Verkoyansk (Myanmar)


10. The biggest Delta in the world?
ans: Ganges Delta 


11. Which is the world's oldest known city?
ans:  Damascus


12. Which is city is known as the " City of canal"?
ans: Venice


13. Which is the country where river Wangchu flows?
ans: Myanmar


14.Which is the biggest island in the world?
ans:Greenland


15. The city which is the biggest center for manufacture of automobiles in the world.
ans: Detroit, USA


16. The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea.
ans: Amazon river


17. Which country is called "the Land of Rising Sun"?
ans: Japan


18. Mount Everest was named after 
ans: Sir George Everest


19. Which country is the largest producer of rubber in the world?
ans: Malaysia


20. Where is volcano Vesuvius located?
ans: Italy