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Gregor Mendelthe father of genetics by from my work with pea plants.
Robert Hookecoined the term “cells” by looking at cork in the microscope
James Watson & Francis Cricketermined the double helix shape of DNA
Rachel Carsonwrote Silent Spring, blowing the whistle on pesticides in the environment
Theodore Schwaanwas first to look at animal cells underneath the microscope
Matthias Schleidenwas first to look at plant cells underneath the microscope
Charles Darwindeveloped the theory of natural selection and labeled the father of evolution
Anton van Leeuwenhoekinvented the first simple light microscopes in the 1700s
Jane Cooke Wrighttop researcher and the head of many cancer associations
Charles Drewinvented a blood preservation technique still used today
Jane Goodallresearcher & primatologist studying African apes
Francesco Redidisproved the idea of spontaneous generation by using covered and uncovered meat
Louis Pasteursupported the idea of biogenesis by my curved flask experiment
Sidney Foxfound that by combining amino acids and electrical current protocells could be created
Alexander Oparinhypothesized that life originated in the early oceans
Stanley Miller & Harold Ureyfound that methane, ammonia, hydrogen gases from early earth charged with electricity can form amino acids
Carolus Linnaeus. I created the system of binomial nomenclature using Latin
Jean Baptiste Lamarckam the scientists who erroneously came up with the idea that traits are acquired from animals from their use or disuse
Rudolf Virchowam one of the first to see the cell structure for cell division
Alfred Russell Wallaceworked with Darwin on my own studies of populations


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