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A great scientist
Father of Hybrid Rice
The man who puts an end to hunger
Who is he? What is his achievement?
Can you name some famous scientists?
2. In your opinion, what qualities should a scientist have?
bright / brightness
creative
cautious
persuasive
strict
positive
co-operative
enthusiastic
3. What kind of scientists do you know?
geologist
geographer
mathematician
physicist
chemist
agriculturist
astronomer
botanist
biologist
inventor
The work of scientists makes life much easier and more comfortable. They make great contribution to social development.
Do you know their names?
Archimedes
He was an ancient Greek mathematician. He found if you put an object into water, the water pushes it up.
Let’s learn about some scientists.
He wrote The Origin of Species.
It explained how animals and plants developed as the environment changed.
Charles Darwin
He improved the first steam pump built by Thomas Savery and turned it into a steam engine for taking water out of mines. Later James Watt turned it into the first modern steam engine used on the railways.
Thomas Newcomen
He used peas to show how physical
characteristics are passed from
parents to their children.
Gregory Mendel
She discovered radium in 1898. She received two Nobel Prizes, one for physics and the other for chemistry.
Marie Curie
He invented the way of giving
electricity to everybody in large cities.
Thomas Edison
Leonardo da Vinci
He was a famous artist. He used to study dead people in order to make his paintings as accurate as possible.
His most famous paintings include The Mona Lisa and Last Supper.
He developed a safety lamp for miners in 1815. It made working conditions underground much safer.
Sir Humphry Davy
He invented the first seismograph to indicate the direction of an
earthquake. He was Chinese.
Zhang Heng
He put forward a theory about black holes.
Stephen Harking
Father of Optical Fibers
winning the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 6, 2009
Gao Kun
Father of Chinese Rocketry
a scientist who made important contributions to the missile and space programs of both the United States and People’s Republic of China.
Qian Xuesen
hard-working
What qualities do you think these scientists have in common?
modest
prudent
steadfast
devoted
wise
conscientious
Albert Einstein has long been considered a genius by the masses. He is a theoretical physicist, philosopher, author, and is perhaps the most influential scientists to ever live. There’s a lot we can take away from Einstein’s words.
Five Amazing Lessons You Can Learn from Albert Einstein!?