（北师大版）英语选修7同课异构课件：Unit 20《Section Three Scientific Breakthroughs》.pptVIP

Unit 20 New Frontiers; Lesson 3 Scientific Breakthroughs; Do you know him and his discoveries?;Newtons Law of Universal Gravitation ;Do you know the major discoveries of the scientists in the pictures?;Try to match the discoveries or inventions with the pictures.; penicillin;Albert Einstein was considered the greatest scientist of the 20th century and one of the greatest of all time. His greatest discovery is the creation of his famous Theory of Relativity. ; He also discovered famous mathematical statement E=mc2 (energy equals mass times the speed of light squared). This statement or formula explained that a great amount of energy could come from a small piece of matter. ;American astronomer. His most important discovery was made in the 1920s. In the late 19th century, Hubble’s study leads to the most important astronomical discovery of the twentieth century -- the expanding universe. ;And he proved that nebulae (星云) were galaxies themselves. Astronomers now agree that far distant galaxies do exist. To honor him, the first telescope was named after him. ;Hubble space telescope; Today reflecting telescopes are till widely used by amatuer and professionals astronomers for the same purpose as they have been used for centuries - to study the sky. Although today the principles of the reflecting telescope remain the same the applications are far more advanced Light enters the telescope and strikes a concave primary mirror, which acts like a lens to focus the light. The bigger the mirror, the better the image. ;Scottish biochemist February 14, 1929 --- Fleming Discovers Penicillin.Sir Alexander Fleming was a young bacteriologist when an accidental discovery led to one of the great developments of modern medicine. ;John William Mauchly was an American physicist who, along with his student J. Presper Eckert designed ENIAC, the first commercial computer made in the United States. ;The first computer in the world; Try to match the discoveries with h