In 1898, the French scientist Paul-Louis Simond ( who had also come to China to battle the Third Pandemic ) established the rat-flea vector that drives the disease.

Three Russian instruments also appeared, Oubouhof's Croix Sonore ( 1934 ), Ivor Darreg's microtonal ' Electronic Keyboard Oboe ' ( 1937 ) and the ANS synthesizer, constructed by the Russian scientist Evgeny Murzin from 1937 to 1958.

At the same time, Cornishman Sir Humphry Davy, the eminent scientist was also looking at the problem.

* Gene therapy also plays a major role in the plot of the James Bond movie Die Another Day, where a scientist has developed a means of altering peoples ' entire appearances through the use of DNA samples acquired from others-generally homeless people that would not be missed-that are subsequently injected into the bone marrow, the resulting transformation apparently depriving the subjects of the ability to sleep.

These works also influenced contemporary Italian scientist Galileo Galilei and provided one of the foundations for Englishman Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation.

A leading scientist of classical antiquity, Archimedes also developed elaborate systems of pulleys to move large objects with a minimum of effort.

He is also credited as the first scientist to publicly express the Earth was alive and should be considered a superorganism.

The first one Jaxon Xavier ( played by Andy Berman ) who was also a top scientist in one of Lex's companies called Lex Labs, entrapped Lois and Clark in a virtual reality world to steal information for mind control before the two with the help of Jimmy Olsen tricked him into letting them out by stealing his wrist watch escape window leaving him stranded.

Besides material characterization, the material scientist / engineer also deals with the extraction of materials and their conversion into useful forms.

Books on the subject included the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder, which not only described many different minerals but also explained many of their properties, and Kitab al Jawahir ( Book of Precious Stones ) by Muslim scientist Al Biruni.

Nobel Laureate in physics George Smoot from the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ( LBNL ), and Keith Jackson, a computer scientist and musician also from LBNL, are providing some of the data for the project.

Besides being a statesman and political scientist, Machiavelli also translated classical works, and was a dramaturge ( Clizia, Mandragola ), a poet ( Sonetti, Canzoni, Ottave, Canti carnascialeschi ), and a novelist ( Belfagor arcidiavolo ).

Also, he co-authored with Carl Djerassi a play called " Oxygen " about the discovery of oxygen, but also about what it means to be a scientist and the importance of process of discovery in science.

When a scientist has also an engineering education, the same individual would explore principles in nature to solve problems and to design new technology.

The fourth season saw Brent Spiner ( Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation ) as the imprisoned scientist Dr. Arik Soong, an ancestor of Data's creator ( Dr. Noonien Soong, also played by Spiner in at least two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation ), in a three-episode arc at the end of which Soong abandons the concept of improving mankind in favor of creating artificial intelligence: an allusion to what will eventually become Data.

Among the beings trapped inside his created virtual world, there is also a scientist, who also devised such machines creating another level of virtual world.

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek ( in Dutch also Anthonie, Antoni, or Theunis, in English, Antony or Anton ;, ; October 24, 1632 – August 26, 1723 ) was a Dutch tradesman and scientist from Delft, Netherlands.

She is also associated with the Gaia hypothesis, based on an idea developed by the English environmental scientist James Lovelock.

* Get Smart ( 1967 ) CONTROL scientist Dr Steele also works as a stripper, with her lab located at the striptease theatre.

Harris then argues that we are also the victims of such unpredictable desires ( but due to the unconscious machinations of our brain, rather than those of a mad scientist ).

Ingeborg Hoesterey described the architecture featured in Metropolis as eclectic, writing how its locales represent both “ functionalist modernism art deco ” whilst also featuring “ the scientist ’ s archaic little house with its high-powered laboratory, the catacombs the Gothic cathedral ”.

Ruth Benedict, another of Boas ' students, also argued that an appreciation of the importance of culture and the problem of ethnocentrism demands that the scientist adopt cultural relativism as a method.

Scientists and inventors of the modern era have also contributed to the development of common tropes surrounding the mad scientist.

In 1553 Sir Nicholas Bacon married secondly Anne Cooke ( 1528 – 1610 ), one of the daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke, by whom he had two sons, Anthony ( 1558 – 1601 ) and Francis Bacon ( 1561 – 1626 ), who became Lord Chancellor and was also a philosopher, author and scientist.

Issue 13 of the series reveals her origin as a wealthy socialite given access to size-changing Pym particles by scientist Henry Pym ( here an employee of Janet's father, rather than a superhero ).

The paper is noteworthy for two reasons: it shows an exceptional level of scientific development for a self-taught scientist and reveals a broad level of interest, namely the global balance of carbon in nature.

However Galena reveals that in order to arm the bombs, he would have to visit a scientist named Boris in Chechnya, he's called the " Chemist ".

The X-Men follow him, attack the base and the scientist reveals himself to be Apocalypse.

His flippant error about the direction of the Gulf Stream is made to Detective Rolvaag, and reveals a gap in his credentials as a scientist ; in subsequent conversations with the detective, Chaz jokes about running over snakes on the highway, tells Rolvaag to throw his soda can in the trash, and can ’ t even identify the fish in his own aquarium — “ Do I look like frigging Jacques Cousteau ?”

The only ones allowed to pass the fence were the scientist studying the pequeninos and his or her assistant, and they were never allowed to ask questions that reveals too much of human lifestyle to the pequeninos, to answer pequenino questions about humans or to bring with them any equipment whatsoever, other than the clothes they wore.

Following the credits, an additional scene reveals that Lieutenant Akane agrees to have dinner with scientist Tokumitsu Yuhara.

A further phone call from Sir Richard Marley reveals that scientist, Harold Jenkins ( Peter Godfrey ) has perfected his ultimate weapon and Barton and comrades soon find themselves up against Melganik again.

Ultimate Iron Man # 1 reveals that Tony Stark's genius is the result of an accident his mother ( brilliant scientist Maria Cerrera, who is the wife of Tony Stark's father and works for him in research and development before he was born ) suffered while she was carrying him in her womb.

The EDI ’ s head scientist, Gunnar Golmen, reveals that Thor ’ s powers are technological in nature, coming from his belt and hammer.

Friend then reveals a new plan, a continuation of the Book of Prophecy, in which he plans to kill every human being on Earth except for 3 million of his friends, but he is then assassinated by his chief scientist.

He also states in Back to the Future Part III that his favorite author is Jules Verne, and reveals to Marty that his family name was originally von Braun, possibly an allusion to the real-life and contemporary rocket scientist Wernher von Braun.

The threat is stopped, however, the scientist reveals his secret invention, a superobot named Bora with 2 million horsepower.

Before he dies of his wounds, he reveals to his superiors that four prominent members of society – a government minister, a peer, a general and a famous scientist – are involved in the cult, led by Chin Yang ( Barbara Yu Ling ).

In an interrogation session involving the senator, the scientist, and their counterparts from Paratime Tau, Douglas reveals that he is from Paratime Alpha, and that he was forced by the military in Paratime Gamma to give them the ability to travel between universes.

Finally finding a friend in the scientist heading the expedition, Hugo reveals his gifts and origin to him.

This sample had been found by the scientist who resurrected John Corben as Metallo, powering the cyborg with the alien matter in a paranoid attempt to save the world from Superman, as a mistranslation of a message from Jor-El caused the scientist to conclude that Superman was the leader of an alien invasion force.

* 1080 – 1081: The Chinese statesman and scientist Shen Kuo is put in command of the campaign against the Western Xia, and although he successfully halts their invasion route to Yanzhou ( modern Yan ' an ), another officer disobeys imperial orders and the campaign is ultimately a failure because of it.

* The Song Dynasty Chinese polymath scientist and statesman Shen Kuo begins his defensive military campaign against the Tanguts of the Western Xia Kingdom, successfully defending the invasion route to Yan ' an.

He recalls in a DVD documentary interview ( on the Inferno release ) having had it pointed out to him by Malcolm Hulke that the format limited the stories to merely two types: alien invasion and mad scientist, and says he'd immediately responded, " Fuck Me!