Out of the mentioned scientists, which one had the most important or greatest contribution towards modern science today? Why has their contribution made such an impact on today’s living?
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist who, I believe, is the scientist who has made the greatest contribution to the science of gasses today. Firstly Torricelli proved how gases do in fact have weight as found with his invention of the barometer. This finding has led to many other discoveries involving gasses to be found including the discovery of Boyle’s, Charles’ and Avogadro’s laws. By proving that gases do have weight Torricelli showed that there is atmospheric pressure which is a part of all the major gas discoveries that were conducted afterwards. Without the knowledge of atmospheric pressure there would be no known constants for pressure in Charles’ Law and Boyle would not have been able to prove that the gases volume is proportional to its pressure. Without Torricelli’s findings we may not have any understanding of how gases work and we may all still believe that gases are weightless substances.
Another main reason as to why Torricelli has contributed the most to modern society is from his invention of the Barometer. This invention is still being used today in many applications. The main application is in meteorology where atmospheric pressure is needed on a daily basis to provide predictions to the weather on that day or into future days. With the invention of the barometer, while now digital, can help people all over the world to predict what days are suitable for doing certain activities, jobs or occupations and organise that around the predicted weather. The barometer also helps with providing people with knowledge in possible emergency situations, allowing warning to be sent to people in areas that may be affected by flooding, storms or any other natural disasters before it is too late. Without the invention of the barometer and the understanding of atmospheric pressure, the world may be much more uncertain of the weather and therefore could be a much more unpredictable world than it currently is.
The reasons as to why I did not choose any of the other scientists was simply because without Torricelli's findings, Boyle's, Charles', Avogadro's and Gay-Lussac's findings might never have been found as they all involve pressure in some way and therefore have all branched off the findings that Torricelli made. Added to that his invention of the barometer is probably one of the most useful inventions related to gas and the atmoshpere as it can show the atmospheric pressure.
Overall Torricelli has made the greatest contribution to our understanding by originally disproving everything that was previously thought about gases. Boyle, Charles and Avogadro would have had nothing to go off with their experiments as gas pressure may not have been discovered and without his invention of the barometer there would be no predictions as to weather conditions in the world today.
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist who, I believe, is the scientist who has made the greatest contribution to the science of gasses today. Firstly Torricelli proved how gases do in fact have weight as found with his invention of the barometer. This finding has led to many other discoveries involving gasses to be found including the discovery of Boyle’s, Charles’ and Avogadro’s laws. By proving that gases do have weight Torricelli showed that there is atmospheric pressure which is a part of all the major gas discoveries that were conducted afterwards. Without the knowledge of atmospheric pressure there would be no known constants for pressure in Charles’ Law and Boyle would not have been able to prove that the gases volume is proportional to its pressure. Without Torricelli’s findings we may not have any understanding of how gases work and we may all still believe that gases are weightless substances.
Another main reason as to why Torricelli has contributed the most to modern society is from his invention of the Barometer. This invention is still being used today in many applications. The main application is in meteorology where atmospheric pressure is needed on a daily basis to provide predictions to the weather on that day or into future days. With the invention of the barometer, while now digital, can help people all over the world to predict what days are suitable for doing certain activities, jobs or occupations and organise that around the predicted weather. The barometer also helps with providing people with knowledge in possible emergency situations, allowing warning to be sent to people in areas that may be affected by flooding, storms or any other natural disasters before it is too late. Without the invention of the barometer and the understanding of atmospheric pressure, the world may be much more uncertain of the weather and therefore could be a much more unpredictable world than it currently is.
The reasons as to why I did not choose any of the other scientists was simply because without Torricelli's findings, Boyle's, Charles', Avogadro's and Gay-Lussac's findings might never have been found as they all involve pressure in some way and therefore have all branched off the findings that Torricelli made. Added to that his invention of the barometer is probably one of the most useful inventions related to gas and the atmoshpere as it can show the atmospheric pressure.
Overall Torricelli has made the greatest contribution to our understanding by originally disproving everything that was previously thought about gases. Boyle, Charles and Avogadro would have had nothing to go off with their experiments as gas pressure may not have been discovered and without his invention of the barometer there would be no predictions as to weather conditions in the world today.