REVIEWER IN SCIENCE -Shared Nobel Prize with the Curies in 1903

Sir Ernest- Rutherford-Discovered alpha and beta

particles
Science - comes from the Latin word scientia (scient-,
sciens), which means “having knowledge” -Discovered nucleus in 1910

Science is a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a
body of facts or truths systematically arranged and
showing the operation of general laws.
Superstitions - superstition is a belief that a particular
thing, event or circumstance holds some kind of
significance that something going to happen (bad or
good) even though it’s not based on knowledge or
reason.
Branches of Science
Social Science - Study of people, culture and societies
Natural Science - Seeks to understand the natural world
and its processes
Pure Science- Deals with new discoveries that may or
may not have current applications
Physical Sciences - Study of nonliving things
Biological Sciences- Study of living things
Applied Science - -use the discoveries of the pure
sciences to create practical solutions to existing
problems and create products
Technology - Technology is the sum of techniques,
skills, methods, and processes used in the production of
goods or services or in the accomplishment of
objectives, such as scientific investigation.
-Won Nobel prize in chemistry, 1908
Marie Curie-Known for her discovering and separating
radium and polonium
-Shared Nobel prize inphysics, 1903 and full prize in
chemistry, 1911
William Röentgen-Discovered x-rays in a cathode tube
experiment
Won Nobel prize in physics in 1901
William Harvey-Blood Circulation Louis Pasteur-Germ
Theory of Disease Pasteurization Vaccination
Filipino Scientists
Dr. Fe del Mundo—Incubator
-The first Asian to have entered the prestigious Harvard
University's School of Medicine
Gregorio Y. Zara- He was the inventor of the first
videophone.
Agapito Flores-He is the inventor of the fluorescent
lamp
Angel Alcala-is behind the invention of artificial coral
reefs

SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Great Men and Women of Science The scientific method is a series of steps followed to
answer specific questions about the natural world. It
Foreign Scientists involves making observations, formulating a hypothesis,
Aristotle - He laid the foundation of modern scientific and conducting scientific experiments.
thoughts and assembles materials for an organized STEPS OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD
encyclopedia.
 Statement of the Problem
Nicolaus Copernicus - -Heliocentric Univers  Formulation of Hypothesis
- Copernican Model of Planets
 Variables
Niels Bohr- Known for the Bohr model of the atom  Testing of
 Hypothesis
a. Electrons travel around nucleus in restricted orbits  Analysis and Presenting Data
 Creating a Conclusion
b. Won Nobel prize in physics in 1922
 Reporting of Findings
Albert Einstein -Postulated photons travel in discreet
energy packets (individual photons)

-Theories of special and general relativity

-Nobel prize in physics, 1921

Henri Becquerel --Known for his discovery of natural

radiation in uranium