SectionⅢLesson2&Lesson3PIONEERSOFSCIENCEIfyouhadtochoosethesinglemostimportantdiscoveryofthe20thcentury,youwouldhavearealdilemma①onyourhands
Injust100years,theworldchangedcompletely
Amazingdiscoveriesweremade②inmedicine,communicationsandtransport,nottomention③ourknowledgeoftheworldandspace
Medicaladvancesrangedfrom④discoveringthecausesofdiseasesundermicroscopes⑤tosurgicalprocedures⑥replacingdiseasedorgans⑦withdonated⑧ones
Communicationschangedwiththeintroductionofmobilephonesandthewaywecorrespond⑨wentfromwritingletterstoemailing
Westartedflyingaroundtheworldandmeanwhile⑩,scientistsfiguredout⑪howtosplit⑫theatom,previouslythoughttobethesmallestparticleofmatterintheuniverse⑬
Althoughitisimpossibletochoosethemostimportantdiscovery⑭,itispossibletosingleoutafewpioneersofthe20thcentury
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