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    Arturo Pineda Alcaraz was a Filipino physicist born in 1916 in Manila. He completed his education in Quezon and Baguio. Alcaraz is considered the "Father of Geothermal Energy Development" in the Philippines for his studies of volcanology and establishment of geothermal power plants. His key contribution was the discovery of geothermal energy in the country in 1967 when he set up the first working geothermal model in Tiwi, Albay.

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    Arturo Pineda Alcaraz was a Filipino physicist born in 1916 in Manila. He completed his education in Quezon and Baguio. Alcaraz is considered the "Father of Geothermal Energy Development" in the Philippines for his studies of volcanology and establishment of geothermal power plants. His key contribution was the discovery of geothermal energy in the country in 1967 when he set up the first working geothermal model in Tiwi, Albay.

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    Arturo Pineda Alcaraz was a Filipino physicist born in 1916 in Manila. He completed his education in Quezon and Baguio. Alcaraz is considered the "Father of Geothermal Energy Development" in the Philippines for his studies of volcanology and establishment of geothermal power plants. His key contribution was the discovery of geothermal energy in the country in 1967 when he set up the first working geothermal model in Tiwi, Albay.

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     ARTURO PINEDA ALCARAZ

     Arturo Pineda Alcaraz, a filipino physicist, was born on March 21, 1916 to Conrado
    Alcaraz and Paz Pineda in Manila. Due to his father's occupation as a government
    auditor, the Alacaraz family moved often. He completed his elementary school
    education in Lucena, Quezon and had his high school education in Camarines
    Norte and Baguio.

     Dr. Arturo P. Alcaraz was considered as the Philippines' Father of Geothermal Energy
    Development, due to his contributions to studies about Philippine volcanology and the
    energy derived from volcanic sources. His chief contribution was the study and
    establishment of geothermal power plants in the country, particularly in the regions of
    Tiwi, Albay, Mt. Makiling and Mt. Banahaw (Mac-Ban), and Leyte. In the 1980s, the
    Philippines even attained the second highest geothermal generating capacity in the
    world, besting mentor countries Italy and New Zealand. The Philippine government, the
    scientific community and his alma mater have all recognized Alcaraz’s contribution over
    the years.

     He is responsible for the discovery of geothermal energy in the country. He was

    the chief volcanologist of the newly established commission on volcanology in

    1953. This project was realized on April 12, 1967 when he was able to set up a

    working model in Cala, Tiwi Albay. It was because of his discovery that the

    electric bulb was lighted for the first time in the Philippine history using

    geothermal energy.

     MICHAEL FARADAY

     Michael Faraday was born on 22 September 1791 in south London. His family

    was not well off and Faraday received only a basic formal education. When he

    was 14, he was apprenticed to a local bookbinder and during the next seven

    years, educated himself by reading books on a wide range of scientific

    subjects. In 1812, Faraday attended four lectures given by the chemist


    Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution. Faraday subsequently wrote to Davy

    asking for a job as his assistant. Davy turned him down but in 1813 appointed

    him to the job of chemical assistant at the Royal Institution.

     A year later, Faraday was invited to accompany Davy and his wife on an

    18 months, European tour, taking in France, Switzerland, Italy and

    Belgium and meeting many influential scientists. On their return in 1815,

    Faraday continued to work at the Royal Institution, helping with

    experiments for Davy and other scientists. In 1821 he published his

    work on electromagnetic rotation (the principle behind the electric

    motor). He was able to carry out little further research in the 1820s,

    busy as he was with other projects. In 1826, he founded the Royal

    Institution's Friday Evening Discourses and in the same year the

    Christmas Lectures, both of which continue to this day. He himself gave

    many lectures, establishing his reputation as the outstanding scientific

    lecturer of his time.

     In 1831, Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction, the principle

    behind the electric transformer and generator. This discovery was crucial

    in allowing electricity to be transformed from a curiosity into a powerful

    new technology. During the remainder of the decade he worked on

    developing his ideas about electricity. He was partly responsible for

    coining many familiar words including 'electrode', 'cathode' and 'ion'.

    Faraday's scientific knowledge was harnessed for practical use through

    various official appointments, including scientific adviser to Trinity

    House (1836-1865) and Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Military

    Academy in Woolwich (1830-1851).

    Links:

    https://www.famousscientists.org/the-10-greatest-physicists-in-history/
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/faraday_michael.shtml

    https://prezi.com/q5e8ew5dxtkd/filipino-physicists-and-their-inventions/

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