Conceptual Chemistry and Physics in Daily Lives

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers key items, Filipino scientists, and international scientists discussed in the Conceptual Chemistry and Physics in Daily Lives lecture.

A portable electronic device used for storing and playing digital audio files.

MP3 Player

A handheld video game console released in 1989 that did not have a touch screen and often lacked color.

Gameboy

An instrument first built by Galileo to explore the night sky, leading to the discovery of the Galilean moons.

Telescope

A computer built to solve large numerical problems that weighed 80 tons and occupied 1,800 square feet.

ENIAC

A technology revolutionized in 1971 by Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield, where a head is scanned and digitized into a computerized tomography image.

CT Scan

A high-frequency transformer capable of creating very high voltage at low current.

Tesla Coil

A telephone invention that enables the caller and recipient to see each other while conversing, laying the foundation for video-conferencing.

Videophone

An apparatus with a chamber used to provide controlled environmental conditions for the cultivation of microorganisms or the care of premature or sick babies.

Incubator

Medical substances used in the treatment of bacterial infections.

Antibiotics

A Filipino physicist who invented the videophone and studied aeronautics using principles of electromagnetic waves, optics, and electronics.

Gregorio Zara

A Filipino scientist in the field of medicine who invented the bamboo incubator for premature and sickly babies.

Dr. Fe Del Mundo

A Filipino scientist who discovered Erythromycin, an antibiotic used as an alternative for patients allergic to penicillin.

Abelardo Aguilar

An antibiotic discovered by Abelardo Aguilar used for treating respiratory, skin, and bacterial infections.

Erythromycin

A Filipino electrical engineer who designed the first single chip 16-bit microprocessor-based calculator and the first Windows graphics accelerator chip for PCs.

Diosdado “Dado” Banatao

A Filipino food technologist and humanitarian who invented Soyalac and Darak to prevent starvation in internment camps and hospitals.

Maria Orosa y Ylagan

A nutrient-rich drink made from soybeans invented by Maria Orosa y Ylagan.

Soyalac

Rice biscuits containing Vitamin B-1 invented by Maria Orosa y Ylagan.

Darak

An international scientist who established the foundations of modern physics through the three laws of motion, universal gravitation, and the invention of calculus.

Isaac Newton

A theoretical physicist known for the theory of relativity, the photoelectric effect, and the equation $E=mc^2$.

Albert Einstein

A physicist and chemist who discovered Polonium and Radium and pioneered the science of radioactivity.

Marie Curie

An inventor and electrical engineer who developed the modern Alternating Current ($AC$) electrical system and wireless communication technologies.

Nikola Tesla

A bacteriologist who discovered Penicillin, launching the antibiotic age and saving millions of lives from infections like pneumonia.

Alexander Fleming