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first expressed the relation between the direction of a current in a conductor and the direction of the lines of force

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Andrei Marie Ampere

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Discovered radioactivity in 1986

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Antoine Henry Becquerel

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Found that the volume of a gas at constant pressure is proportional to its absolute temperature

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Charles Jacques

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  • Proved that atmospheric pressure varies with the altitude
  • Discovered Pascal law which states that enclosed fluids transmit pressure in all directions without loss, i.e., with equal force on all equal areas
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Blaise Pascal

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discovered the relationship between buoyancy and displacement of liquids known as Archimedes Principle

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Archimedes

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Invented the telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Invented the:
- Phonograph
- Incandescent electric lamp
- Multiplex telegraphy
- Telephone carbon transmitter
- Moving picture camera

++ Edison storage cell

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Thomas Alva Edison

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  • kite experiment
  • invented the lightning rod
  • gave the names “positive” and “negative” to the two parts of electric charges
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Benjamin Franklin

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  • Invented the electromagnet
  • Discovered the laws of electromagnetic induction
  • Built the first electric motor
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Joseph Henry

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Found the speed of light in vacuum to be 299,736 km/s

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Albert K. Michelson

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Invented the:
- electromagnetic recording telegraph in 1844
- Morse code

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Samuel Morse

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Two brothers who invented the airplane

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Orville Wright & Wilbur Wright

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Formulated the Boyle’s law

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Robert Boyle

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Invented the:
- Bunsen burner
- Spectroscope
- photometer

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Robert Bunsen

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  • Designed the thermometer scale in 1714
  • Made the first mercury thermometer
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Gabriel Farenheit

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Studied the solar spectrum with a spectroscope

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Joseph Fraunhofer

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  • Invented the air pump
  • Magdeburg hemispheres experiment
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Otto von Guericke

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  • Firmly established the law of conservation of energy
  • First scientist to discover the use of resonators
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Herman von Helmholtz

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Investigated and discovered the existence of electromagnetic or radio waves in 1888

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Heinrich Hertz

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  • Investigated the factors which affect electrical resistance in a conductor
  • author of Ohm’s law
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George Simon Ohm

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Discovered a new and invisible radiation known as X-rays, while experimenting with a vacuum tube in 1895

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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

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First to succeed in isolating room many tons of pitch-blende, a new substance which she named radium

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Marie Curie

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  • Discovered the electromagnetic induction
  • Built the first dynamo
  • Discovered the laws of electrolysis (Faraday’s law)
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Michael Faraday

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formulated Hooke’s law

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- Helped establish the law of conservation of energy - Determined the mechanical equivalent of heat
James Joule
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Author of the Law of Universal Gravitation: also Newton’s Three Laws of Motion
Sir Isaac Newton
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- “Father of Modern Science” - Discovered the laws of freely falling bodies, and laws of pendulum - Made the first thermometer and the first astronomical telescope
Galilei Galileo
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Invented the commercial wireless telegraphy
Guglielmo Marconi
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Inventor of: - Electric battery - Electroscope - Electric condenser - Electrophorus + first to discover the potential difference produced by the contact of dissimilar substances, and of maintaining an electric current by chemical reactions + developed the cell (voltaic cell) + unit of electromotive force (volt) is named after his honor
Alessandro Volta
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Invented the mercury barometer
Evangelista Torricelli
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- Invented the pendulum clock - Worked out the wave theory of light very completely - Explained refraction in terms of his theory - Discovered polarization of light
Christian Huygens
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Discovered superconductivity
H.K. Onnes
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Developed the: - kinetic theory of gases and the mechanical theory of heat - electromagnetic theory of light on a mathematical basis
James Maxwell
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- Credited with the invention of the main features of the modern stream engine - unit of electric power (watt) is named in his honor
James Watt
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Discovered the presence of a magnetic field around a conductor
Hans Oersted
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First one to measure the velocity of light by studying the eclipses of Jupiter’s satellites
Olaus Roemer
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- Advanced the kinetic theory of heat - Invented the electrometer - The absolute scale of temperature is named after him
Sir Williams (Lord Kelvin) Thomson
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Used steam produced from the heat of a volcano to produce electric power in 1067
Arturo Alcaraz
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- Developed accelerator chips - Helped make the internet possible - Created the local bus concept for personal computers
Diosdado Banatao
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Researched methods of producing alternative fuels
Julian Banzon
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Wrote many papers in the field of nuclear medicine; first radioisotope
Paulo Campos
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- Recognized for his contributions in the field of Applied physics, particularly in the field of photonics and electro-optic instrumentation research - Honoured as an Outstanding Filipino scientist by the National Academy Of Science and Technology 2006
Vincent Ricardo Daria
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- The first person to discover a recurring area of open water in sea ice in the cosmonaut sea - Studied global warming at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Josefino Comiso
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- Known for his researches on ultraviolet light of different wavelengths, effect of radioactive radiation on Euglena. - Recipient of a Presidential award in 1965 - Conferred as a National scientist in 1984
Casimiro Del Rosario
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Designed car that runs on water
Daniel Dingel
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Received a French patent award for a fluorescent bulb
Agapito Flores
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- discovered Red Spot - joined the Hubble Heritage team to image the Quad transit in Saturn by using the Hubble Space Telescope
Christopher Go
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Developed profitable biogas system, building a power generator fueled by coconut oil
Felix Maramba
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Researched on the assimilation and fluorescence spectroscopy of crystals, particularly rare-earth crystals
Melecio Magno
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Recognized in the advancement of theoretical apparatus to clarify turbulence
Amador Muriel
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Made a significant role to the theories on biophysics and recombinant biotechnology including his own conceptual framework on the structure of RNA/DNA investigation
Apolinario Nazarea
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Developed a state-of-the-art but cheaper coating technology for cutting tools useful in metal, wood and plastic fabrications for producing construction supplies, car, computer parts etc.
Henry Ramos
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Filipino astrophysicist known for receiving the “Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award” for her major role in the discovery of the largest number of “obscured quasars”
Reinabelle Reyes
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Led the development of a method to generate high-contrast images of semi-conductor sites via one photon optical beam
Caesar Saloma
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His team produced unique semi-conductor compounds such as gallium arsenide (GaAs)
Arnel Salvador
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Led a team to develop a low-cost material that exhibits superconductivity at higher temperature or anywhere close to room temperatures with the use of crystal oxides
Roland Sarmango
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- Discovered around 1930 the law of electrical kinetic resistance (Zara Effect) - Patented a two-way video phone - Developed / improved alternate energy technologies in the 1950s and 1960s
Gregorio Zara

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