FOREIGN

SCIENTISTS

 the

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Biology-Cells

person who
discovered and
described
microorganisms for the
first time
Considered today as the
father of bacteriology and
protozoology.
He discovered blood
cells, and was the first to
see living sperm cells of
animals.

Invented

telescope
Invented the first
thermometer
(thermoscope)

Galileo Galilei

 As

Isaac

mathematician, Newton
invented integral calculus,
Newton made a huge impact
on theoretical astronomy.
He defined the laws of
motion and universal
gravitation which he used to
predict precisely the motions
of stars, and the planets
around the sun.
Newton He constructed the first
reflecting telescope.

A Belgian anatomist and physician

whose dissections of the human
body and descriptions of his
findings helped to correct
misconceptions prevailing since
ancient times.
During his research Vesalius
showed that the anatomical
Andreas Vesalius teachings of Galen, revered in
medical schools, was based upon
Biology
the dissections of animals even
though they were meant as a guide
to the human body.

 He

solved the mysteries of

rabies, anthrax, chicken
cholera, and silkworm diseases,
and contributed to the
development of the first
vaccines.
He described the scientific
basis for fermentation, winemaking, and the brewing of
Louis Pasteur
beer
Biology
vaccination and pasteurization.

known

for his
pioneering
experiments in
electricity and
magnetism.
lines of magnetic
Michael Faraday force

 Undertook

major scientific
experiments with
electricity, of which little
was known at the time
He also made an
experiment using a kite
that verified that lightning
is in fact, electricity
Benjamin Franklin

 Hooke

was perhaps the

single greatest experimental
scientist of the seventeenth
century.
The universal joint used in
motor vehicles,
The balance wheel in a
watch,
The originator of the word
Robert Hooke 'cell' in biology

 This

British naturalist,
who revolutionized the
science of biology by his
demonstration of
evolution by natural
selection
Father of Evolution
Charles Darwin

 The

greatest botanist
of the eighteenth
century Swedish
botanist who
introduced a system
of classification of
plants based on their
Carolus Linnaeus sexual organs
Father of Taxonomy

Figured

out the
structure of
deoxyribonucleic
acid, DNA.
Confirmed suspicions
that DNA carries life's
hereditary
Francis Crick and information.
James Watson

 In

Sir Alexander
Fleming

1928, while working

on influenza virus, he
observed that mold had
developed accidentally
on a staphylococcus
He named the active
substance
penicillin/antibiotic

He

most well
known for inventing
the telephone

Alexander Graham
Bell

 He

discovered that the

earth is not in the center
of the universe but it
circles the Sun, spinning
on its axis once everyday
and revolving annually
around the sun.
Heliocentric concept, the
Nicolas Copernicus
sun is the center of the
solar system.

The man of
21st century

the

E=mc2
He

Albert Einstein

studied about the

existence of stars in space
and why nuclear is so
powerful in his work the
general theory of relativity

FILIPINO
SCIENTISTS

 Marine

resource
conservation in ecology
and biogeography of
amphibians and reptiles,
and
He is behind the invention
of
artificial
coral
reefs
to
be
Angel Alcala
used for fisheries in
Southeast Asia.

Research

methods of
producing alternative
fuels.
experimented with the
production of ethyl
esters fuels from
Julian Banzon sugarcane and
coconut

noted expert in the

medicinal plants of the
Philippines.
He was author of more
than 129 scientific
articles, many on
Eduardo
orchids
Quisumbing
"saccolabium
quisumbingii"

Doctor

Arturo Alcaraz

is a volcanologist specializing in

geothermal energy development.

In 1967, Arturo Alcaraz and team
powered an electric light bulb using
steam-powered electricity. Power coming
from a Volcano near the town of Tiwi.
First geothermal power generated in the
Philippines.

Doctor

Fe Del Mundo

Doctor Fe Del Mundo is credited with

studies that lead to the invention of an

improved incubator and a jaundice
relieving device.
She has dedicated her life to the cause
of pediatrics in the Philippines.

Daniel Dingel
Claimed

to have built a water-fueled

automobile engine as early as 1969.
However, Daniel Dingel has
demonstrated his car without any
technical papers or explanation as
to how it works.

Rolando
Rolando

de la Cruz

de la Cruz invented an anticancer skin cream made from cashew

nuts and other local herbs from the
Philippines.
Rolando de la Cruz's cream combats
basal cell carcinoma or skin cancer
without causing any side effects.

Benjamin

Almeda

Benjamin Almeda designed several

food-processing machines.

Roberto
Roberto

del Rosario - Inventor:

del Rosario is the president of

the Trebel Music Corporation and the
inventor of the Karaoke Sing Along
System in 1975.
He has patented more than twenty
inventions making him one of the most
prolific Filipino inventor.

Roberto
Besides

del Rosario - Inventor:

his famous Karaoke Sing Along

System Roberto del Rosario has also
invented:
Trebel Voice Color Code (VCC)
piano tuner's guide
piano keyboard stressing device
voice color tape

Doctor

Pedro Escuro

best known for his isolation of nine

"seed board" rice varieties that
provided for their commercial
release.
The Pedro Escuro rice varieties are:
Milpal 4, HBD-2, Azmil 26 and C-22
and C-18, C4-63, C4-137, C-168 and
C-12.

Agapito
He

Flores

has been acclaimed by some as

being the inventor of the first
fluorescent lamp.
The controversy continues
However, the dates are all wrong for
this being possible

Felix

Maramba The inventor of the coconut oilfueled power generator.

He also is the developer of one
of the world's most profitable
biogas systems.

Eduardo
A

San Juan - Inventor:

Mechanical engineer (aka The Space

Junkman) worked on the team that invented
the Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy.
He is considered the primary designer of the
Lunar Rover. San Juan was also the designer
for the Articulated Wheel System.
before the Apollo Program, he worked on the
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).