Scientists & Inventors essays

“I propose to consider the question, “Can machines think?” (Turing 1950, 1). If machines could think, would they think like humans? Could they be programmed to think like humans and the way their mind works while carrying out procedures? Those were the types of questions Alan Turing continued to ask throughout his years studying technology, science, and mathematics. His mind ran wild with new opportunities, seeing that there was a machine that could be built to solve problems within a...

Maria Sklodowska is a young polish girl who later became known as Marie Curie. She was born in Warsaw, Poland, but spent most of her life in Paris, France. To her family, she was known as ‘Marya’. She grew up with her mother having tuberculosis, so she didn’t get much affection from her. She never got hugged or kissed by her mother when she was a child. She grew up the youngest of four other siblings. Her father was a...

English mathematician Alan Turing once said, “Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no-one can imagine.” Turing was born on June 23, 1912 in Maida Vale, London, England and died on June 7th, 1954 in Wilmslow, United Kingdom. All throughout Turing’s childhood he was considered a genius despite his late exposure to science. At thirteen he attended the independent Sherborne School where he became particularly interested in math and science. After Sherborne,...

Galileo Galilei was born on 15th February 1564 in Pisa, Italy and died on 8th January 1642. His family moved to Florence around the 1570’s, where he lived much of his childhood. In his teens, Galileo attended the monastery school of Vallombrosa; it was located near Florence. Later in 1581, he enlisted at the University of Pisa, in which he studied medicine. However, as he began to study further into medicine, he was drawn to mathematics and unequivocally took mathematics...

There have been many remarkable ages in the history of mankind. All of these periods and achievements have undoubtedly assisted in shaping our present and impending future. However, there is one period in our time that has shaped our modern world simultaneously with the advancement of the scientific disciplines. This period of time is known as the “Scientific Revolution” and what allows it to stand out from all others is the effect it had on societal views of the natural...

The scientific revolution was a time of radical change throughout Europe. This rapid development of man leads to our modern concept of science. Changes in religion and thought also developed the scientific revolution. Many prominent figures were leaders in this time of growth including Robert Bacon, who developed the scientific method, and Galileo who was able to use the telescope to make important observations. However, only two can be considered the “fathers” of the scientific revolution, and Newton and Descartes...

Plato to Darwin to DNA highlights the different understandings of our natural world throughout history. Not only is the reader able to get a detailed view of each periods method of research and development of theories, but also is able to compare them with one another. The “scientific process” as we know today was incredibly different in the past, and explanations of our natural phenomenon were determined by direct observations and deep philosophical thought. The reader is also able to...