COMENIUS PROJECT

SPANISH SCIENTISTS

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SPANISH SCIENTISTS

This work was done by :

Students of E.S.O. 4º A

OBJETIVES AND METHODOLOGY

• OBJECTIVES:• To learn about Spanish scientists whose research

works have helped the world:• To understand the working of the human body.• To know the formation mechanism of proteins.• To improve people´s health.• METHODOLOGY:• In groups we will work on different scientists.• In class we will unify the teams´ work.• In the end, we will include a power Point

presentation, with the most important information about them.

SANTIAGO RAMÓN Y CAJAL

• He was born in Petilla de Aragón (Navarra) on 1st May 1852

• He died in Madrid on 17th October 1934

WHAT DID HE DISCOVER ?

• He discovered the SINAPSIS, that is, how neurones are joined, and the unidirectional nervous impulse transmmision.

• He had many awards, for example:– -1894: Honoris causa by the

University of Cambridge.– -1900: National Prize of

Moscow– 1906: Nobel Prize for

Physiology and Medicine.

MIGUEL SERVETO Y CONESA

• He was born in Villanueva de Sigena (Huesca) on 20th September 1511

• He died in Ginebra on 27th of October 1553

WHAT DID HE DISCOVER ?

• He discovered pulmonary circulation or minor circulation, in XVI century.

• He was pursued by the Inquisition, and He was burnt by heresy.

SEVERO OCHOA ALBORNOZ

• He was born in Luarca (Asturias) on 24th September 1905

• He died in Madrid on 1st November 1934

WHAT DID HE RESEARCH ?

• He discovered the mechanisms of acid ribonucleico (RNA) synthesis.

• He contributed to decode the genetic code, which is responsible for the proteins synthesis.

• He was Nobel Prize of Physiology and Medecine in 1959.

PEDRO ALONSO Y CLARA MENÉNDEZ

• He was born in Madrid 1957

• Clara is his wife and colleague.

WHY IS HE A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON ?

• They are married. They discovered a vaccine against malaria.

• They tested it with African children. This vaccine will be ready to be used in 2012.

• He received the Prince of Asturias Prize for

international colaboration, in 2008.

JOSÉ CELESTINO MUTIS BOSIO

• He was born in Cádiz on 6th April 1732

• He died in Bogotá (Colombia) on 11th of September 1808

WHAT DID HE DO?

• Doctor in Marina´s hospital of Cádiz.

• In 1873 he prepared a botanical expedition around America, emphasizing his work on the flora of Colombia.

• He was in contact with Carlos Linneo, father of taxonomie.

DANIEL JIMÉNEZ DE CISNEROS

• He was born in Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia) 16th April 1863

• He died in Alicante on 17th January 1941

WHAT DID HE DO ?

• He was a very important paleontologist.

• Your more important work was to describe the outcrops of the Lias (Liasico: belonnging to the Jurassic one) near Caravaca.

• He was nominated a scientific correspondant of the Museun of Natural Sciences of Madrid.

JUAN DE LA CIERVA Y CODORNIU

He was born in Murcia on 21st of September 1895

He died in Croydon (England ) on 9th of December 1936

WHAT DID HE INVENT ?

Engineer.

He invented the autocraft, predecessor of the helicopter.

He died on a plane crash.

Many neigborhoods, tube lines and train stations are named after him,

ISAAC PERAL Y CABALLERO

He was born in Cartagena (Murcia)on 1st June1851

He died in Berlín on 22th of May 1895

WHAT DID HE INVENT ?

• Engineer.• He invented an

electrical submarine, which you can see in the maritime walk of Cartagena.

• Neighborhoods, high school, places and parks, are named after him.

LET´S REMEMBER

• 1.- Who invented the autocraft ?

• 2.-What is the sinapsis ?

• 3.-What did Isaac Peral invent?

• 4.-What did Miguel Servet discover ?

• 5.-Who discorered the genetic code ?

WHO IS WHO ?