Louis Pasteur

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Louis Pasteur
(December 27, 1822 - September 28, 1895)

* well known for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization * remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases, and his discoveries have saved countless lives ever since. * reduced mortality from puerperal fever.

* created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax.
* provided direct support for the germ theory of disease
* technique of treating milk and wine to stop bacterial contamination/contamination * one of the three main founders of bacteriology.
* work on diseases included work on chicken cholera/ bird flu. * Studied on silkworm diseases, wines, vinegar and food preservation. * Awarded a Nobel Prize.
* Contributed medicine for asthma.

William Thomson or Lord Kelvin
(26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907)

* mathematical physicist and engineer
* important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics * had a career as an electric telegraph engineer and inventor * widely known for determining the correct value of absolute zero as approximately -273.15 Celsius. * won the class prize in astronomy

* he made remarkable connections between the mathematical theories of heat conduction and electrostatics * mutual convertibility of heat and mechanical work and for their mechanical equivalence. * provided only an operational definition of temperature.

Marie Curie
(7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934)

* Polish physicist and chemist
* famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity
* first woman to win a Nobel Prize
* theory of radioactivity (a term that the Curies coined) * techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes
* discovery of two elements, polonium and radium
* paved way to chemotherapy.
* Discovered medication like radiation with his husband, Pierre. * Died because of...
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