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Originally Posted by George
Credit for the conservation of energy law could be given to this doctor. Who was he and what was the color problem that led him to be convinced of the conservation law?
Since this will be an open-Google exam....here is another bonus question. What happened to him in the end?
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Well, that would be physicist/physician Julius Robert von Mayer (1814 - 1878). With the conservation law, he explained that in a hotter climate you have darker blood because you do not have to consume as much energy to maintain your body temperature (oxygenation, of course, makes the blood brighter).
He did not have much luck in the scientific community - lack of reputation, the death of two children etc. lead to a suicide attempt, followed by years of obscurity. He returned to a somewhat more public life around a decade later, but spent his last years in private, practicing his medicine.
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Well, it seems males tend to be colour blind: Orange, then. And I think the name was "Tang". Was it, now? :-? :x  |
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Well, on that
absolutely gurrreat achievement I can at least continue the game 8)
Bad one....
A wrinkle in someone who was mother to a lot of wet places, and it's named after some place where a cunning man once reigned - What is that, and where? \
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