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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GREAT SCIENTISTS

CHARLES DARWIN,ALBERT EINSTEIN,HOWARD FOLERY,MARIE CURIE,MARY LEAKEY

CHARLES DARWIN

DARWIN C. R WAS BORN IN SHREWSBURY, ENGLAND ON THE 12 OF FEBRUARY, 1809.

CHARLES DARWIN

  • Charles full name is Charles Robert Darwin
  • Charles science field is biology
  • Charles greastest contribution to scientific knowledge was his elvotution theory
  • Charles lived in England for most of his life
  • Charles won Royla Medal, Wollaston Medal and Copley Medal.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CHARLES

  • Death - 19th of april, 1882
  • Educated at the university of Edinburgh
  • Family - second youngest of six children
  • Charles grandad and dad were both scentists.

EVOLUTION THEORY

CHARLES DARWIN ESTABLISHED THAT ALL SPECIES OF LIFE HAVE DESCENDED OVER TIME FROM COMMON ANCESTORS.

ALBERT EINSTIEN

EINSTIEN A. WAS BORN IN ULM, WÜRTTEMBERG, GERMANY ON THE 14TH OF MARCH 1879.

ALBERT EINSTIEN

  • Alberts science filed was physicist
  • Alberts greatest contribution to scientific knowledge was his Relativity theory
  • Albert lived in Germany For most of his life
  • Albert won Noble prize in physics,1921, Matteucci Medal,1921, Copley Medal, 1925

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ALBERT

  • He was raised in a jewish family
  • he learnt how to play the violin
  • His first scientific work did not get published
  • His father was a salesman and engineer
  • He died on the 18th of April,1955 in Princeton, New Jersey

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HOWARD FLOREY

FLOREY H. W WAS BORN IN MALVERM, ADELAIDE ON THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER

HOWARD FLOREY

  • Howards full name was Howard Walter Florey
  • Howard's science field was Bacteriology, immunology
  • Howards greatest contribution to scientific knowledge was for the further knowledge of penicillins
  • Howard won Noble prize,1945,

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT HOWARD

  • Death - 21st of February 1968
  • Fathers name - Joseph Florey
  • Youngest child of three

KNOW FOR:

PENICILLIN'S PROPERTIES ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT THE FIRST TO DISCOVERY THIS

MARIE CURIE

CURIE .M WAS BORN IN WARSAW, POLAND ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER, 1867

MARIE CURIE

  • Marie's science field was Physicist.
  • Her greatest contribution to scientific knowledge was polonium,radium and x-rays.
  • She lived in France for most of her life.
  • Marie won noble prize, physics award and chemistry award.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MARIE CURIE

  • Death - 4th of July, 1934 in Passy, France.
  • First woman to win noble prize
  • Only woman to win the awards in two differnt fields - Physics and Chemistry
  • Also know as Maria Sklodowska but better know has Marie Curie
  • Both of her parnets were teacher and she was the youngest of six children

DISCOVERED:

POLONIUM AND RADIUM WITH HER HUSBAND - PIERRE CURIE AND SHE DISCOVERED X-RAYS AFTER HE PASTED AWAY

MARY LEAKEY

LEAKEY M D. WAS BORN IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM ON THE 6TH OF FEBRUARY 1913

MARY LEAKEY

  • Mary's science field was Academic, Anthropologist.
  • Her greastest scientific knowledge was discovering a number of fossils in Africa.
  • She lived in Africa for most of her life.
  • She won 5 honorary degrees, Gold medal of society of women geography, linneaus Gold medal of the royal swedish Academy
  • She also won the elizabeth blackwell award and the Prestwich Medal.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MARY LEAKEY

  • Death - 9th of December, 1996 in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Full name - Mary Douglas Leakey, Maiden name - Mary Douglas Nicol.
  • Husband - Louis Leakey ( one of scientists best know husband-wife team )

KNOW FOR:

FINDING A NUMBER OF FOSSILS IN AFRICA

PHOTOS

CHARLES DARWIN

"THE MYSTERY OF THE BEGINNING OF ALL THINGS IS INSOLUBLE BY US; AND I FOR ONE MUST BE CONTENT TO REMAIN AN AGNOSTIC."

ALBERT ENSTIEN

"LEARN FROM YESTERDAY, LIVE FOR TODAY, HOPE FOR TOMORROW. THE IMPORTANT THING IS NEVER TO STOP QUESTIONING"

HOWARD FLOREY

"I'M NOW 'DOCTOR' TO THE PATIENTS AND I HAVE TO COVER MY IGNORANCE BY WAVING MY ARMS AND LOOKING GRAVE"

MARIE CURIE

"BE LESS CURIOUS ABOUT PEOPLE AND MORE CURIOUS ABOUT IDEAS"

MARY LEAKEY

"BASICALLY, I HAVE BEEN COMPELLED BY CURIOSITY. "