Fact 1
He was the first scientist to challenge the theories of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots come from eggs of flies.
Fact 2
He was also the first to recognize and correctly describe details of many important parasites.
Fact 3
He may rightly be called the father of modern parasitology.
is a Filipino physician who has done research on medical parasitology and public health
Was an American biologist often called the “father of biodiversity” or “socio-biology” for discovering hundreds of new insect species.
Was an Italian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer who played a prominent role in the Scientific Revolution.
A French physicist and discoverer of radioactivity.
was an American scientist in the field of genetics, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel laureate who with Edward Lawrie Tatum discovered the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells in 1958.
Was a Dutch biologist, naturalist and microscopist who is considered to be the “Father of Microbiology.”
was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Was a biologist from Germany known best for his work in evolution and his influential work in the history of science.
Was an Austrian scientist and Augustinian friar who gained posthumous recognition as the founder of modern genetics.