Sentence examples for scientist at that time from inspiring English sources

He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1857 and was elected a foreign member of the Royal Society in 1868 a singular honour for an amateur scientist at that time.

But scientists at that time faced a conundrum.

The scientists at that time were insufficiently prepared for a debate concerning the seismic safety of the site in the run-up to the plebiscite.

Given today's acceptance of the H-D method, yet its rejection by otherwise well-regarded scientists at that time, it seems to follow that it was, at least in part, this debate and its followup which settled the issue.

Besides the timely decision-making and strategic planning of the scientific administrative department in the government, the most important determinants might be the laudable mentality of Chinese scientists at that time, which can be summed up into "insulin spirit", which includes four aspects: (1) selfless dedication.

Fossils from the Ediacaran period, immediately preceding the Cambrian, were first found in 1868, but scientists at that time assumed there was no Precambrian life and therefore dismissed them as products of physical processes.

Most scientists at that time believed that the earliest eukaryotes were mitochondria-free.

Many scientists at that time were of the opinion that some proteins could be genetic material and they were busy finding novel proteins which could act as genetic material.

Scientists at the time knew that nerves connect the brain with the sense organs and muscles, but they thought that nerves carried "animal spirits"—gases and liquids such as air and blood.

Dr. Chu received the grant from BP's chief scientist at the time, Steven E. Koonin, a fellow theoretical physicist whom Dr. Chu jocularly described as "my twin brother".

Hawke asked the chief scientist at the time to investigate the safest places for such an industry and found Australia was at the top of the list.