高中英语新人教版必修5 Unit1 Great scientists1(ppt).pptVIP

* Warming up What do you know about great scientists? Try this quiz and find out who knows the most.(Finish the Quiz Questions on P1.) 1.Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? Archimedes (287-212 BC) an ancient Greek mathematicianphysicist) 2.Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? Charles Darwin (1808-1882) British author of The Origin of Species 3.Who invented the first steam engine? Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) British, improved the first steam pump and turned it into a steam engine