Unit1GreatScientistsReadingScientists:AlexanderBellelectricityThomasEdisontheFirsttelephoneWrightBrotherstheelectricLampMadameCurieblackholesinUniverseFranklinTheoryofGravityStevenHawkingtheFirstPlaneElbertEinsteinRadiumIsaacNewtontheTheoryofRelativityScientists&Contributions:Archimedes(阿基米德)Warmingup:1
Whichscientistdiscoveredthatobjectsinwaterareliftedupbyaforcethathelpsthemfloat
AncientGreek(287-212BC)AmathematicianCharlesDarwin2
Whowroteabookexplaininghowanimalsandplantsdevelopedastheenvironmentchanged
theOriginofSpeciesWarmingup:“fatherofmodernbiology”3
Whoinventedthefirststeamengine
ThomasNewcomen,British(1663--1729)HeimprovedthefirststeampumpbuiltbyThomasSaveryin1698andturneditintoasteamenginefortakingwateroutofminesin1712
JamesWattimproveditstillfurtherinthe1770sThomasNewcomenWarmi