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COMENIUS PROJECT
SPANISH SCIENTISTS
KNOWING ME,
KNOWING YOU,
EUROPEANS ALL
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 ?