Unit 11 Unit 11 Scientific Scientific achievementsachievements Do you know any famous scientists in the world? What do you know about the contributions to the world?Now look at the following pictures and see how much you know about them. Wow! (Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5,1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio )As a test pilot, Neil Armstrong made 7 flights in the X-15 aircraft. He was able to attain an altitude of 63,198 meters (207,500 feet). As Armstrong became the first person to touch the Moon's surface, he spoke the unforgettable phrase, "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind". Tomlinson, Ray (born 1941) : inventor of the first "killer app"Ray Tomlinson created one of the biggest communications phenomena almost by accident - e-mail.He chose the '@' symbol to mark the difference between a message that needed to go to a mailbox on the local computer and one that was headed out onto the network He is the man who first invented the bulb. Edison The first computer in the world. Do you know any history of some scientific inventions or achievements? Look at the following pictures and see how much you know about them. "Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention. Do you know who invented the first computer in the world?If you want to know more about The History of Computers ,please refer to the follow website: http://inventors.about.com The first of the modern automobiles was designed by Karl Benz in 1885.America's first automobile was...