Scientific+inquiry+and+discovery

//Concepts and Esoteric Ideas to Speculate, You Historians:// - To what degree did technological advancements aid science in the Age of Realism? How did this differ from Romantics' views on science? - With whom did Darwin find controversy regarding his theory of natural selection, specifically concerning human development? - What areas in medicine experienced drastic change during the Age of Realism? What types of standardization occured? - How would sociology change the perspective of 19th century Europe?
 * Scientific Inquiry and Discovery - The Fabled and Heralded C. Frankenfield and M. Easton **

//Individuals:// __Louis Pasteur -__ French biologist who contributed towards understanding transmission of disease and germs. Microscopic world needed to be understood. __Dmitri Mendeleev -__ Russian chemist who assembled the precursor to the modern Periodic Table of Elements, as well as predicted at least 10 undiscovered elements that were added in the coming decades. Aided in the development of modern chemistry and the ordering of elements of our universe. __Charles Darwin -__ Took meticulous notes and observations on voyages around South America and in the Pacific. Used information to construct theory of evolution and //On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection// and //The Descent of Man//. Theory challenged creationsim but was not widely accepted for many years. __Joseph Lister -__ Dealt with the cleansing of medical tools and instruments using carbolic acid (first anticeptic). Paved the way for future medical cleaning techniques and the steralization of equipment. __Elizabeth Blackwell -__ First woman to attend medical school in the United States. Revolutionized women's roles in medicene. __Auguste Comte -__ Wrote //System of Positive Philosophy//, first sociologist. Deemed that mathematics was the base of all hard sciences, and that sociology needed to be based on an analysis of data on humans.