Luigi Galvani's Impact On Science
Luigi Galvani
Clearly, animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know." (Irene M. Pepperberg ) . Luigi Aloisio Galvani born in Bologna on September 9, 1737 and attended University of Bologna where he received a doctorate for studying the human skeleton. Galvani was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who discovered animal electricity. He is recognized as the pioneer of bioelectromagnetics and this discovery impacted literature , science ,and other scientific opinions. In order to understand Luigi Galvani you must examine his impact on , science, and scientific opinions, and literature through his investigations of animal electricity. The first category a person should examine in order to understand Galvani’s impact to science …show more content…
After the pivotal discovery of bioelectricity Galvani's theory brought a lot of questions to the playing field.The well known physicist, obstetrician, and physiologist, Alessandro Volta , separately did experiments on dead frogs using metals that made their legs twitch. Volta opposed Luigi's theory stating that electricity was an artificial and external phenomenon, dependent on the metals and unrelated with the frog’s body. Every cell has a cell potential; biological electricity has the same chemical underpinnings as the current between electrochemical cells, and thus can be duplicated outside the body. Volta's theory was correct. Volta, essentially, objected to Galvani’s conclusions about "animal electric fluid", but the two scientists disagree respectfully and Volta coined the term "Galvanism" for a direct current of electricity produced by chemical action.Volta built the first battery in order to specifically disprove his associate's theory. Volta's “pile” became known therefore as a voltaic pile.alvani demonstrated the phenomena of the frog legs without the
Clearly, animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know." (Irene M. Pepperberg ) . Luigi Aloisio Galvani born in Bologna on September 9, 1737 and attended University of Bologna where he received a doctorate for studying the human skeleton. Galvani was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who discovered animal electricity. He is recognized as the pioneer of bioelectromagnetics and this discovery impacted literature , science ,and other scientific opinions. In order to understand Luigi Galvani you must examine his impact on , science, and scientific opinions, and literature through his investigations of animal electricity. The first category a person should examine in order to understand Galvani’s impact to science …show more content…
After the pivotal discovery of bioelectricity Galvani's theory brought a lot of questions to the playing field.The well known physicist, obstetrician, and physiologist, Alessandro Volta , separately did experiments on dead frogs using metals that made their legs twitch. Volta opposed Luigi's theory stating that electricity was an artificial and external phenomenon, dependent on the metals and unrelated with the frog’s body. Every cell has a cell potential; biological electricity has the same chemical underpinnings as the current between electrochemical cells, and thus can be duplicated outside the body. Volta's theory was correct. Volta, essentially, objected to Galvani’s conclusions about "animal electric fluid", but the two scientists disagree respectfully and Volta coined the term "Galvanism" for a direct current of electricity produced by chemical action.Volta built the first battery in order to specifically disprove his associate's theory. Volta's “pile” became known therefore as a voltaic pile.alvani demonstrated the phenomena of the frog legs without the