{"id":5011,"date":"2012-04-19T14:38:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T04:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/"},"modified":"2012-04-19T14:38:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T04:38:59","slug":"vintage-scientists-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Scientists Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-972670b21105bd9e9ef76a3adcfb05c6-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/darwin.gif\"\n               title=\"Considered the originator of the concept of natural selection, Darwin was the first of the evolutionary biologists. His work provides a unifying logical explanation of diversification in nature.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/darwin.gif\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_darwin.gif\"\n               data-image-id=\"274\"\n               data-title=\"Charles Darwin (1809-1882)\"\n               data-description=\"Considered the originator of the concept of natural selection, Darwin was the first of the evolutionary biologists. His work provides a unifying logical explanation of diversification in nature.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"charles-darwin-1809-1882-2\"\n               class=\"shutterset_972670b21105bd9e9ef76a3adcfb05c6\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Charles Darwin (1809-1882)\"\n                    alt=\"Charles Darwin (1809-1882)\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_darwin.gif\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/galilei.gif\"\n               title=\"A physicist and astronomer, Galilei improved upon the spyglass to build a telescope, which he used to make astronomy discoveries that assisted in strengthening the belief that Earth and all other planets revolve around the Sun (Copernicanism).\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/galilei.gif\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_galilei.gif\"\n               data-image-id=\"276\"\n               data-title=\"Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)\"\n               data-description=\"A physicist and astronomer, Galilei improved upon the spyglass to build a telescope, which he used to make astronomy discoveries that assisted in strengthening the belief that Earth and all other planets revolve around the Sun (Copernicanism).\"\n               data-image-slug=\"galileo-galilei-1564-1642-2\"\n               class=\"shutterset_972670b21105bd9e9ef76a3adcfb05c6\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)\"\n                    alt=\"Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_galilei.gif\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/cuvier.gif\"\n               title=\"The founder of vertebrate palaeontology, Cuvier insisted on the functional integration of organisms, dividing animals into four embranchments: Vertebrata, Mollusca, Articulata, and Radiata. He additionally firmly established the fact of extinction of past life forms.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/cuvier.gif\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_cuvier.gif\"\n               data-image-id=\"272\"\n               data-title=\"Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)\"\n               data-description=\"The founder of vertebrate palaeontology, Cuvier insisted on the functional integration of organisms, dividing animals into four embranchments: Vertebrata, Mollusca, Articulata, and Radiata. He additionally firmly established the fact of extinction of past life forms.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"georges-cuvier-1769-1832-2\"\n               class=\"shutterset_972670b21105bd9e9ef76a3adcfb05c6\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)\"\n                    alt=\"Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_cuvier.gif\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/halley.gif\"\n               title=\"First to calculate a comet&#039;s orbit, he mathematically demonstrated that comets move in an elliptic orbit around the sun, and that over time they would pass the same point. His theory was proved when he successfully predicted a comet (now Halley&#039;s comet) would return in 1758.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/halley.gif\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_halley.gif\"\n               data-image-id=\"273\"\n               data-title=\"Edmund Halley (1656-1742)\"\n               data-description=\"First to calculate a comet&#039;s orbit, he mathematically demonstrated that comets move in an elliptic orbit around the sun, and that over time they would pass the same point. His theory was proved when he successfully predicted a comet (now Halley&#039;s comet) would return in 1758.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"edmund-halley-1656-1742-2\"\n               class=\"shutterset_972670b21105bd9e9ef76a3adcfb05c6\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Edmund Halley (1656-1742)\"\n                    alt=\"Edmund Halley (1656-1742)\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_halley.gif\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/linnaeus.gif\"\n               title=\"Linnaeus laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still widely used today, and his ideas on classification have influenced generations of biologists during and after his own lifetime.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/linnaeus.gif\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_linnaeus.gif\"\n               data-image-id=\"275\"\n               data-title=\"Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)\"\n               data-description=\"Linnaeus laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still widely used today, and his ideas on classification have influenced generations of biologists during and after his own lifetime.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"carolus-linnaeus-1707-1778-2\"\n               class=\"shutterset_972670b21105bd9e9ef76a3adcfb05c6\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)\"\n                    alt=\"Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_linnaeus.gif\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/wheatstone.gif\"\n               title=\"Best known for his contributions in the development of the Wheatstone bridge, which is used to measure an unknown electrical resistance, and as a major figure in the development of telegraphy. Also invented the stereoscope, a device for displaying three dimensional images.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/wheatstone.gif\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_wheatstone.gif\"\n               data-image-id=\"277\"\n               data-title=\"Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875)\"\n               data-description=\"Best known for his contributions in the development of the Wheatstone bridge, which is used to measure an unknown electrical resistance, and as a major figure in the development of telegraphy. Also invented the stereoscope, a device for displaying three dimensional images.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"charles-wheatstone-1802-1875-2\"\n               class=\"shutterset_972670b21105bd9e9ef76a3adcfb05c6\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875)\"\n                    alt=\"Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875)\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/vintage-scientists-part-ii\/thumbs\/thumbs_wheatstone.gif\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5011","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}