Great scientists
作者：emerson malla
1. Jonas Salk (U.S.A., 1914–1995)
1.1. created the vaccine that prevented a disease called polio.
1.1.1. thousands of people used to get this disease every year
1.1.1.1. Today nearly every child gets the polio vaccine
1.2. Salk also started the Salk institute, a research center that is looking for cures for cancer
2. Francis Crick (U.K., 1916–2004) and James Watson (U.S.A., born 1928)
2.1. told the world that they had found “the secret of life.”
2.1.1. is the structure of DNA
2.1.1.1. material that makes genes
2.1.1.1.1. we get from our parents
2.2. with that knowledge, there have been tremendous improvements in medicine and medical research
2.2.1. well as historical research and crime solving.
3. Jane Goodall (U.K., born 1934)
3.1. has studied primates
3.1.1. chimpanzees
3.2. She has studied their family groups
3.2.1. tools,and their emotions
3.2.1.1. has made it clear that chimpanzees and primates not as different from people
3.3. has shown the world that we need to treat the animals around us with respect and protect them.
4. Galileo (Italy, 1564–1642)
4.1. full name
4.1.1. Galileo Galilei
4.2. “the father of modern science.”
4.3. scientist, mathematician, and astronomer
4.4. His best-known achievement was to show that the Earth moves around the sun, and not the sun around the Earth
4.4.1. not the first man to have the idea