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Science and Inventions Words : founder,  science experiments, rainbow,  mankind,   scientific, the theory of relativity, regard - расценивать, рассматривать ;  substance – вещество; matter - вещество, field of research  - область (научных) исследований , discovery - открытие; обнаружение; находка; invention  -изобретение, the incandescent (раскаленный) electric lamp,  designer - конструктор, проектировщик , ,  accurate  - верный, правильный, точный ; gravitation  -гравитация, сила тяжести; притяжение; differential calculus  - дифференциальное исчисление; theology  -теология. богословие. Finish the sentences: Charles Darwin published his famous book “On the Origin of Species” Isaak Newton developed the theory of relativity and made the law of gravitation. He is the author of the   differential calculus. It was Newton who by his experiments showed that the white light is made of the colours of the rainbow. Dmitry Mendeleyev  was a Russian chemist. He is credited as being the primary creator of the first version of the periodic  table of elements. Unlike other contributors to the table, Mendeleev predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered. Nicola Copernic  mastered all the knowledge of the day in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and theology. Не planned a systematic program of astronomical work. Although he did not make extensive observations, he did enough to enable him to recalculate the major components of the supposed orbits of the Sun, Moon, and planets around the Earth. Ivan Pavlov   contributed to many areas of physiology and neurological sciences. Alexandr Popov was the Russian physicist who invented the radio. Michael Faraday   (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist  who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Galileo Galilei was the Italian physicist and astronomer who discovered the planet Jupiter. He invented the first thermometer and first telescope.  Alexandr G. Bell invented the telephone in 1875. Christian Huygens was a Holland designer who invented the first accurate clock in 1657.  Tomas Edison invented the incandescent (раскаленный) electric lamp. Marie Curie discovered the radioactive elements radium and polonium. She won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Albert Einstein was one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century and became the founder of “The theory of relativity”.

Eugene Paton became the founder of the first institute of the electric welding in the world. Academician Sergey Pavlovych Korolyov  was the famous designer of space-rocket systems. Answer the questions: 1. What is your favourite subject at school? 2. Are you good at Maths? 3. Can you work on a computer? 4. Have you got a computer at home? 5. In what ways can computers help to learn a foreign language?  I can use some English words while playing computer and using Internet. I can learn a lot English by watching films, listening to music, reading  in English or having an e-mail friend. 6. Which is your favourite scientific subject: biology, chemistry or physics? 7. What does each of them study? Biology is a science about the life of plants and animals. Physics is a science about matter and energy such as heat, light, sound, etc. Chemistry is a science about the structure of substances and how they react when they are combined. 8. Which one don’t you like? 9. Would you like to do more science experiments in school? 10. Would you like to become a scientist? If you would, what field of research would you choose? 11. What discoveries or inventions in the history of mankind do you regard as the most important?