STEM Flashcards
first isolated in 1806 . It was the first amino acid to be isolated.
ASPARAGINE French chemists Louis Nicolas Vauquelin and Pierre Jean Robiquet from asparagus juice, in which it is abundant, hence the chosen name
Clemens Peter Freiherrvon Pirquet was an Austrian scientist and pediatrician best known for his contributions to the fields of bacteriology and immunology.In 1906 he noticed that patients who had previously received injections of horse serum or smallpox vaccine had quicker, more severe reactions to a second injection. He coined the word ___
Allergy (from the Greek allos meaning “other” and ergon meaning “work”) to describe this hypersensitivity reaction
In 1968, Dr Cicely Williams was made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG), and introduced to Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Queen reputedly remarked: “I can’t remember where you’ve been.” To which Williams replied, “Many places.” “Doing what?” asked Her Majesty. With typical modesty, Williams replied, “Mostly looking after children. One of the first female grads of Oxford.
Kwashiorkar - in Ghana. Jamaica - hypglecemic effect of unripe ackee. in singapore, malaya - anti sweet condensed milk sold by nestle
He was awarded the Kavli Prize (shared with Jane X. Luu and David C. Jewitt) in 2012 “for discovering and characterizing the Kuiper Belt and its largest members, work that led to a major advance in the understanding of the history of our planetary system.”
His team has discovered many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), including the dwarf planet Eris, which was originally thought to be bigger than Pluto, triggering a debate on the definition of a planet.
Michael Brown who has been professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2003
Following guidelines established at the time by the IAU that classical Kuiper belt objects be given names of mythological beings associated with creation -
matron goddess of the island of Hawaiʻi, where the Mauna Kea Observatory is located.
Haumea -
a creator god in the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island, under the expectation by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) that it would prove to be a dwarf planet
Makemake
Happy face on Mars and a ring of neptune named after him
he was first to view Neptune . verrier sent him co-ords
Johann Gottfried Galle
1848 konigsberg observatory head
watchmen has a location coz smiley face is watchmen motif
science lab rodent that brought plague to europe vs long hind legged and tailed rodent . first takes name from latter’s arabic name
gerbil vs jerboa
X are a domesticated, locally adapted, traditional variety of a species of animal or plant that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural environment of agriculture and pastoralism, and due to isolation from other populations of the species. as opposed to standardized cultivars or breeds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landrace Landrace
like desi murgi breed
The word landrace literally means ‘country-breed’ (German: Landrasse) and close cognates of it are found in various Germanic languages. The term was first defined (in German) by Kurt von Rümker in 1908
