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U12 Lesson 1
SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS
What do you think are the most important inventions or discoveries of the 20th century? Can you name a few inventors? What makes them great?
premier scientist pioneers of the 20th century
to be committed to to be inspired by
to be proposed by to improve the quality of human life
Read the text about some of the pioneers in science during the 20th century. What discoveries are mentioned? Who made them?
Mentioned discoveries/ inventions Inventors or discoverer
E=mc2
The world’s first computer
The World Wide Web
penicillin
Alexander Fleming
Albert Einstein
Eckert and Mauchly
Tim Berners-Lee
Match the discoveries or inventions (1-4) with how they came about (a-d).
1 E=mc2
2 penicillin
3 the first computer
4 the Internet
a scientists worked together as a team
b there was a lucky accident
c different scientists worked on it for many years
d a scientist was inspired
Read the text and draw a mind map a