Exercise 14. Check your knowledge

Match the following names with discoveries and inventions these scientists made:

 

Dmitri Mendeleev a) It was a Scottish biologist and inventor, famous for discovery of penicillin, a drug that is used to kill harmful bacteria.

Heinrich Hertz b) He was a great physicist of the XX century and a Nobel laureate. He created extraordinary theories about relativity and the nature of light.

 

Ernst Werner von Siemens c) He was the British naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution. He proved that animals and plants have evolved in an orderly manner and keep on evolving even today.

 

Alexander Fleming d) He worked on the properties of atoms and created a table that is probably present in every chemistry classroom in the world.

 

Charles Darwin e) He is a German inventor and industrialist of the 19th century. He was the pioneer of the electro industry.

 

Albert Einstein f) It is the great German physicist. He made possible the development of radio, television, and radar. He was the first person who successfully demonstrated the presence of electromagnetic waves.

Ivan Pavlov g) He was an American industrialist and inventor who inspired the automobile Industrial Revolution in the United States and worldwide.

 

Leonardo da Vinci h) He is widely known for the three laws of motion and the universal theory of gravitation. He also proved that sunlight is the combination of several colors.

Henry Ford i) He was Russian physiologist and psychologist who put forward the concept of the conditioned reflex. He conducted a legendary experiment training a hungry dog using the sound of bell.

 

Isaac Newton j) He is more commonly known as the greatest artist in the history of mankind. He was also a brilliant philosopher and scientist. He was considered to be a genius. He put forward many theories for many inventions that were understood hundreds of years after his death.