As a publication, OPCS-4 is split into two volumes; a tabular list (Volume I) and an alphabetical index (Volume II). An electronic version is also available. However, a number of supplementary publications are also used by coding staff.
The prize was claimed in 1864 by Louis Pasteur, as he published the results of an experiment he did to disproved spontaneous generation in these microscopic organisms. 1  Observation(s): From Needham s and Spallanzani s experiments, it was known that soup that was exposed to the air spoiled bacteria grew in it.
Thinkers: Copernicus. As mentioned earlier, the man who arguably began this revolution was the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Born in Thorn in 1473, Copernicus studied in Krakow, Bologna, Padua and Rome before returning to Warmia, Poland to teach and study for the remainder of his life.ackground and Debate. The traditional view of the millennium preceding the Scientific Revolution was that the era was intellectually dormant after the fall of the Roman Empire. This is perhaps best exemplified by the name which early historians gave the period from roughly 500 to 1500 A.D.: the Dark Ages.