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Landmarks of Science. “ Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together to make five .” Arthur Kuestler (1906-1983)British author . Answer the questions. 1. Which of the discoveries has been the most important so far? Why ?
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“Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together to make five.”Arthur Kuestler(1906-1983)British author
Answer the questions • 1. Which of the discoveries has been the most important so far? Why ? • 2. Which discovery will have the most important consequences in the future? Why ? • 3. Which of the scientists do you admire most? Why? • 4. Which of the discoveries is the most difficult to understand?
Match the discoveries with the names of the scientists who made them : • 1.the discoverers of radium • 2. the inventor of wireless • 3. the discoverer of the structure of the atom • 4. the evolver of the theory of relativity • 5. the inventor of dynamite • 6. the discoverer of penicillin • 7. the discoverer that energy only exists in particular amounts, called quanta • 8. the discoverer of an exact method for measuring electric resistance • 9. the discoverer of laws of electrolysis • 10. the inventor of incandescent bulb • A. Albert Einstein • B. Alfred Nobel • C. Max Planck • D. Nails Bohr • E. Klaus von Kitzing • F. Pierre and Marie Curie • G. Michael Faraday • H. Thomas Alva Edison • I. Sir Alexander Fleming • J. Guglielmo Marconi
You are going to hear part of a radio programme about the lives of famous inventors. Read questions 1-8 and match each question to the person A-C that is refers to. • A. Alexander Graham Bell • B. Maria Mitchell • C. Jan Szczepanik • 1.Who came from a big family?_______________________ • 2. Who received a medal from a king? ____________________ • 3. Whose scientific interests were not grounded in family traditions? __________________ • 4. Whose achievements were appreciated outside his/her country? ___________________ • 5. Whose research was concentrated on one field of science? __________________________ • 6. Who had planned a different career? _______________________________ • 7. Who worked as a teacher? __________________________________ • 8. Whose birthplace is open to the public? ________________________
A Science Quiz • Choose the correct answer: • 1. Who discovered the three laws of motion in the 17th century? • a) Copernicus b) Newton c) Galileo • 2 .Who developed the periodic table of elements in chemistry? • a) Mendel b) Mendeleyev c) Mendelssohn • 3 .Who discovered the practical uses of radio waves? • a) Sony b)Marconi c) Hertz • 4. Who discovered that electricity existed as a current? • a) Ampere b) Volta c) Faraday • 5 .Who proposed the existence of the atom? • a) Rutherford b) Einstein c) Democritus • 6 .Who discovered the fundamental principles of genetics? • a) Darwin b)Lamark c) Mendel • 7. Who discovered that light is made up of a mixture of coloured light? • a) Maxwell b) Einstein c) Newton • 8 .Who discovered the existence of radioactivity? • a) Bequerelb) Pierre Curie c) Marie Curie • 9 . Who established the principles for naming and classifying plants? • a) Lamarck b) Darwin c) Linnaeus • 10. Who discovered that the Earth orbits the Sun? • a) Copernicus b) Newton c) Galileo