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Scientists investigate
Scientists solve
3. Different Groups of Sciences
Sciences can be divided into
Scientific knowledge has become
Different sciences overlap
All
sciences are interconnected
4. Science and Technology
Science provides
Technology means
Industrial technology began to develop
Science
and technology influence
Exercise 30. Write an e-mail to your friend about preparation for the students’
scientific conference at your university.
PROJECT WORK
Exercise 31. Compile information about the field of science you are interested
in and participate in a project. Give reasons why this field of science is of
interest to you. Present the project to your group. You may use the following
website: www.britishscienceassociation.org
ADDITIONAL READING
Exercise 32. Make a summary of the text using the following phrases:
1. The title of the text is…
2. The text is about… The text deals with…
3. The text covers such points as… first… second… third…
4. It should be underlined that…
5. In conclusion, I may say that…
6. To my mind… In my opinion…
ISAAC NEWTON (1642—1727)
Sir Isaac Newton, English
mathematician and physicist, one of the fore-
most scientific intellects of all time, was born at Woolsthorpe, near Grantham
in Lincolnshire where he attended school. He entered
Cambridge University
in 1661. In two years he already made a number of important contributions
to mathematics, physics (optics, mechanics) and astronomy. He was elected
a Fellow of Trinity College in 1667 and Professor of Mathematics in 1669.
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Newton is the discoverer of the Law of Gravitation. Once he saw how
an apple is falling from the tree and began thinking about it. Gradually
he came to conclusion that the force which pulled
the apple to the ground
was the same as the force which kept the Moon to its orbit around the Earth.
He extended his theory of gravitation to the movements of the planets round
the Sun. Among fundamentals to mechanics are the three laws of motion
formulated by I. Newton.
He summarized his theories in his masterpiece “The Principia” which
was published in 1687. He could unite various phenomena of the universe by
means of his Universal Law of Gravitation.
Newton was highly appreciated by scientists both at home and abroad.
In 1699 he was elected a foreign member of the French Academy of Sciences.
In 1703 he was elected President of the Royal Society. In 1705 he was given the
title of knight for his great contribution to the world science.
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