John+Needham

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 * =John Needham = ||
 * 1. How did your scientist find data to support inferences and conclusions? || He experimented with boiled gravy and he found microorganisms living inside it a few days later. This supported his hypothesis of sponaneous generation. ||
 * 2. What role did changes in technology play in the work of your scientist? || Microscopes were invented so he could look at the organisms ||
 * 3. How did the work of other scientists affect the work of your scientist? || He was influenced by Redi’s experiments on spontaneous generation ||
 * 4. Was your scientist trained as a scientist? Can a person be a scientist unless they were trained as one? || Yes, but a person doesn’t have to be professionally trained to be a scientist ||
 * 5. Did your scientist use the "scientific method" or does there seem to be more than one? || yes,he made a hypothesis on spontaneous generation, did his experiment, and made his conclusion afterwards. ||
 * 6. Were the science findings based upon evidence? What? || Yes, he left gravy in an open container and obsereved the micororganisms in the gravy. ||
 * 7. Was the work of your scientist changed or altered since it was done? || Yes, his work was challenged by Lazzaro Spallanzani. Spallanzani proved him wrong by saying he did not boil his gravy long enough to kill anything living in it. He was also proved wrong by Louis Pasteur who proved that as long as the substance was protected from microorganisms it remained free of living things ||
 * 8. How did the scientific community view the work of your scientist? Was it immediately accepted? || People accepted his idea because they all believed the theory in the first place, until Lazzaro Spallanzani proved him wrong. ||
 * 9. Did your scientist have more than one field of scientific interest or expertise? What? || Biologist/ Catholic priest