Posted on July 22, 2017
On this date in 1888, two baby boys were born far away from one another. Selman Waksman was born in the Russian Empire - a region that is now in Ukraine. Kirk Bryan was born in New Mexico.
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And although neither Waksman nor Bryan made the kind of discoveries that made them household names, they both contributed to our understanding of life, the universe, and everything - and, like other scientists, they helped us creep and leap forward.
Geomorphology
Scientists studying geomorphology try to understand why landscapes look the way they do.
The word comes from geo- (Earth) and morpho- (form), and geomorphologists study the physical and biological processes that create landforms such as mountains, canyons, deltas, valleys, and so forth.
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Check out this short video about a very simple introduction to geomorphology.
Biochemistry
Today's other famous birthday ended up going into biochemistry, and Waksman specialized in the study of organisms that live in soil.
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He even created the first effective treatment for tuberculosis. Waksman won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Here is a short video that is pretty darned motivating - I wanna study biochemistry!!!
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