GROUP 2 MEMBERS :

1. Barranco, Kenth
2. Ines, Princess Kate
3. Valdez, Shaina
4. Perpetua, Kurdt Raizen

THIS ARE THE 5 SCIENTISTS UNDER THE FIELD OF

EARTH SCIENCE.

1. Charles Darwin
Darwin's greatest contribution to science is that he completed the Copernican
Revolution by drawing out for biology the notion of nature as a system of matter
in motion governed by natural laws. With Darwin's discovery of natural selection,
the origin and adaptations of organisms were brought into the realm of science.
The adaptive features of organisms could now be explained, like the phenomena
of the inanimate world, as the result of natural processes, without recourse to an
Intelligent Designer. The Copernican and the Darwinian Revolutions may be seen
as the two stages of the one Scientific Revolution. They jointly ushered in the
beginning of science in the modern sense of the word: explanation through
natural laws. Darwin's theory of natural selection accounts for the “design” of
organisms, and for their wondrous diversity, as the result of natural processes,
the gradual accumulation of spontaneously arisen variations (mutations) sorted
out by natural selection. Which characteristics will be selected depends on which
variations happen to be present at a given time in a given place. This in turn
depends on the random process of mutation as well as on the previous history of
the organisms. Mutation and selection have jointly driven the marvelous process
that, starting from microscopic organisms, has yielded orchids, birds, and
humans.This was Darwin's fundamental discovery, that there is a process that is
creative, although not conscious.It was Darwin's genius to resolve this conceptual
schizophrenia. Darwin completed the Copernican Revolution by drawing out for
biology the notion of nature as a lawful system of matter in motion that human
reason can explain without recourse to supernatural agencies. The conundrum
faced by Darwin can hardly be overestimated. The strength of the argument from
design to demonstrate the role of the Creator had been forcefully set forth by
philosophers and theologians. Wherever there is function or design, we look for
its author. It was Darwin's greatest accomplishment to show that the complex
organization and functionality of living beings can be explained as the result of a
natural process—natural selection—without any need to resort to a Creator or
other external agent. The origin and adaptations of organisms in their profusion
and wondrous variations were thus brought into the realm of science.
 2. Franklin Hiram King
American agricultural scientist, inventor of the cylindrical tower silo. He also
invented a gravity system of ventilation for dairy barns that was widely used until
electrically powered blowers became commonly available. For the University of
Wisconsin (Madison) College of Agriculture, where he taught from 1888 to 1901,
he built (1889) a cylindrical barn, which became the model for tower silos. In the
1920s several European architects, including Walter Gropius, found inspiration in
the U.S.-developed silo and grain-elevator forms, which they adapted to other
purposes. It has been suggested that Frank Lloyd Wright, who as a youth lived in
Madison, may have been influenced in his interest in geometric forms by King’s
design.King was head of the U.S. Bureau of Soils, Division of Soil Management,
from 1901 to 1904. Among his writings is The Soil (1895), which, in translation,
was extensively studied in China.

3. Justus von Liebig

Justus Freiherr von Liebig[2] (12 May 1803 – 18 April 1873)[3] was a German
scientist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry,
and is considered one of the principal founders of organic chemistry.[4] As a
professor at the University of Giessen, he devised the modern laboratory-oriented
teaching method, and for such innovations, he is regarded as one of the greatest
chemistry teachers of all time.[5] He has been described as the "father of the
fertilizer industry" for his emphasis on nitrogen and trace minerals as essential
plant nutrients, and his formulation of the law of the minimum, which described
how plant growth relied on the scarcest nutrient resource, rather than the total
amount of resources available.[6] He also developed a manufacturing process for
beef extracts.Liebig Extract of Meat Company, was founded to exploit the
concept; it later introduced the Oxo brand beef bouillon cube. He popularized an
earlier invention for condensing vapors, which came to be known as the Liebig
condenser.

4. Pedro A. Sanchez
Sanchez attributes the roots of his life's work in soil sciences to the fact that
he always liked to “play with dirt.” That boyhood pastime was nurtured by
the fact that his family owned a fertilizer blending business in Cuba, and it
eventually led Sanchez to become a world-renowned soil scientist. Pedro
Sanchez (born 1940) is the director of the Agriculture & Food Security
Center,[1] senior research scholar, and director of the Millennium Villages
Project at the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Sanchez was director
general of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) headquartered in Nairobi,
Kenya from 1991-2001, and served as co-chair of the UN Millennium Project
Hunger Task Force. He is also professor emeritus of soil science and forestry
at North Carolina State University, and was a visiting professor at the
University of California, Berkeley.

5. Ana Maria Primavesi

Primavesi (Austria, 3 October 1920 – São Paulo, Brazil, 5 January 2020) was
an agronomist, researcher and educator of soil science and especially the
ecological management of tropical Brazilian soil. Ana Maria fell in love with
nature, inspired by her father. She studied at the Faculty of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences of the University of Vienna, where she was one
of only three women in her class.[3] She went on to earn a doctorate in
plant and soil nutrition. Ana Primavesi was a pioneer in soil preservation and
the recovery of degraded areas in the tropics. She approached soil
management in a way designed to work naturally with the farm's
environment, which was particularly important in Brazil. According to her
research, the most appropriate type of agriculture there would encourage
farmers to favor treating the soil so it has high levels of organic matter,
avoids movement, controls pests using biological techniques, and avoids
chemical inputs by substituting organic additives such as green manure. She
called her methods agroecology.

LINK OF LIST OF OUR REFERENCES AND RESOURCES

1. Charles Darwin
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0701072104

2. Franklin Hiram King

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franklin-Hiram-King

3. Justus von Liebig

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_von_Liebig

4. Pedro A. Sanchez
https://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2784

5. Ana Maria Primavesi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Maria_Primavesi