选修6 unit 1 Great scientists warming up.pptVIP

Warming up * Unit 1 Great Scientists Archimedes Charles Darwin Thomas Newcomen Who are they? Marie Curie Leonardo da Vinci Thomas Edison Who are they? 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 mathematician physicist 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 for taking water out of mines in 1712. James Watt improved it and turned it into the first modern steam engine used on the railways. 4.Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children? Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) Czech, The theories of heredity(遗传 ) attributed to Gregor Mendel, based on his work with pea plants. 5. Who discovered radium? Marie Curie 1867-1934) Polish and French, In 1898 she discovered radium. She received two Nobel prizes, one (with Pierre Curie ) for physics (1903)and one for chemistry (1911). 6.Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities? Thomas Edison (1847-1931) an American inventor. In 1882 he designed a system for providing New York with electricity from a central power station. This was a tremendous achievement. The Inventions of Thomas Edison Phonograph 留声机 Lightbulb 7.Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people? Leonardo da Vinci, Italian (1452- 1519) He was a famous artist whose skill for showing human skin tones made his paintings seem to come alive. He used to study dead people in order to make his paintings as accurate as possible. the Last Supper Mona Lisa 8.Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground? Sir Humphry Davy, British (1778- 1829) He did resea