Unit 4 Astronomy:Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the starsthe science of the stars What subjects do you learn at What subjects do you learn at school?school?ChineseEnglish mathematicsphysicschemistrygeographybiologyhistorypolitics Astronomy Geophysics Biochemistry Medicine Frontier Science mathematics and physics geology and physics biology and chemistry biology and chemistry Astronomy biochemistry geophysics medicine_________the scientific study of treatment of diseases and injuries.___________ the study of the chemistry of living things._________ the scientific study of the earth’s atmosphere, oceans and climate._________ the scientific study of objects in space, such as planets, stars, cometsand “black holes”Astronomybiochemistrygeophysicsmedicine Nicolaus Copernicus 哥白尼sun-centered or heliocentric (以太阳为中心) theoryIsaac Newton, 1642―1727 Universal gravitation 万有引力Albert, Einstein (1879-1955)Relativity and the Cosmos 宇宙体系说 Black holes 张衡 (78 AD - 139 AD), earliest astronomer in China Later Han Dynasty Seismography 地震仪seismography and the Armillary Sphere ( 浑天仪 ) so as to observe the universe and predict earthquake universe The universe is made up of stars, planets and other matter scatter throughout space. the Milky Way The Solar System Solar system: is made up of the sun and the objects that orbit it. These include the nine planets and their moons, as well as comets, and meteors.sunMercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto水星金星火星木星土星天王星海王星冥王星 The universeThe Milky WayThe Solar SystemThe earth How life began on the earth? Pangu separates the sky from the earthThe development of the life• Pangu separates the sky from the earth• Pangu turns into a myriad of thi...