课标人教实验版高二 Module 5Unit 2 Extensive Reading广东 刘超英 Match the people with their achievementDa Vinci Don Quixote Galileo HamletCervantes Free Fall ExperimentShakespeare Mona Lisa Copernicus We know the first scientist is Copernicus
He was one of the first scientists to use mathematical observations to collect information
He believed the sun is the center of the universe and the earth and other planets went around it
The chart on P
7 shows his theory
Pre-reading Copernicus’ Revolutionary Theory Birth: February 19, 1473 Death: May 24, 1543 Place of Birth: Toruń, Poland Career: 1491-1494 Studied mathematics at Kraków Academy 1496 Went to Italy to study astronomy and law at the University of Bologna Nicolas Copernicus 1497 Began observations of the Sun, Moon, and planets 1514 Wrote Commentariol