BirthofBrightIdeas.pptVIP

Birth of Bright Ideas Text A, Unit 8, Book I * Where do great ideas come from? Possible answers: Perspiration Inspiration Both of 1 and 2 … Do you agree with this idea? Genius is % perspiration plus % inspiration. Let us move on to two examples… Example 1 我之所以看得更远，是因为我站住巨人的肩膀上。 Try to translate “If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants. ” —— Isaac Newton What do you think is his greatest contribution to science? The Law of Gravity / Law of Universal Gravitation The legend One day, sitting in_________, Newton watched an apple fall from a tree. He began to wonder if the same force that pulled the apple down also kept the moon ______________. Newton believed it was. And he believed it could be ________. He called the force gravity. He began to examine it carefully. He decided that the strength of the force keeping a planet in orbit around the sun depended on two things. One was _________________in the planet and the sun. The other was ____________________. … Newton was able to find the exact relationship between distance and gravity. He multiplied the mass of one space object by the mass of the other. Then he divided that number by the square of their distance apart. The result was the strength of the gravity force that tied them to each other. F=G×Mm/R×R What is the exact relationship between distance and gravity? Can you write down the formula ? Example 2 Who is the writer of Harry Potter ? J. K. Rowling Listen to the following and try to find how she got her ideas of Harry Potter? J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter came to me on a train in 1990. I was sitting and just staring out the window and the idea just fell out of no where . It was the purest stroke of inspiration I’ve never had in my life, and I’ve been writing about it ever since. Literally, I’ve boxes, loads of stuff on him. How do great ideas come out? Let’s go on to the text to find more examples. They are: Richard Wagner the greatest com