Five Renowned Scientists in the World.
Name of Scientist Technology he/she developed Contribution in the World
or discovered Society
1. Michael Faraday Discovery of Invented the: Electric
electromagnetic motor and Faraday’s
inductions and rotation ring
Field theory
Dia- magnetization
Magneto-optical effect
2. Thomas Alva Edison Batteries He improved the
Phonographs telephone made by
Cement Graham Bell
Mining Invented kinetoscope
Telegraphs that was used for
Lights viewing films
Powers
3. Louis Pasteur Cure for infectious Advancement for
disease medical sciences
Pasteurization Cure for rabies, anthrax
(fermentation of food) and other infectious
diseases
Process in which makes
milks safe to drink
4. Benjamin Franklin Bifocals - Famous kite-and-key
Harmonica - a musical experiment to
instrument composed demonstrate that
of spinning glass bowls lightning was electricity
on a shaft. and soon after invented
Franklin Stove the lightning rod
“Experiments and Coined new electricity-
Observations on related terms that are
Electricity,” still part of the lexicon,
such as battery, charge,
conductor and electrify.
5. Marie Curie Discovered radiation Discovered radiation
Discovered the element and helped to apply it in
radium and polonium the field of X-ray
Invented the first
mobile machine
invented the pitch-
blend which was the
source of radiation in a
mixture more powerful
than uranium or
thorium
Five Filipino Scientists
Name of Scientist Technology he/she developed Contribution to the Philippine
or discovered Society and nation building
1. Benjamin Cabrera Drug treatments against Innovation on different
disease caused by drug treatment that
mosquitoes and leads to eliminating the
agricultural soil hazard brought by it.
2. Mario Antonio Jiz II Development of vaccine contributed to the study
against schistosomiasis of schistosomiasis and
the development of a
vaccine against this
disease
3. Aisa Mejino Co-founded the Developed a lamp that
Sustainable Alternative runs on just table salt
Lighting (SALt) and water.
4. Arturo Alcaraz First geothermal They powered an
powerplant in the electric light bulb using
Philippines steam-powered
electricity.
5. Fe Del Mundo invention of an Pioneering work on
improved incubator infectious diseases in
a jaundice relieving Philippine communities
device and authored the
Textbook of Pediatrics,
as well as hundreds of
articles and medical
reports on diseases
such as dengue, polio
and measles.
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