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.