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 ?

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) Bequerel b) 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