Answer these questions: 1. Why is London a cosmopolitan city? 2. How is Tower Bridge different from other brides? 3. Which special event occurred in the St. Paul's Cathedral? 4. What can you see at the Tower of London? 5. Has it always been a museum? 6. Where does the Royal Family live? 7. Why is the National Gallery so important? 8. Where can you relax? 9. What can you find at 10 Downing Street? 10. Do you know London? What have you seen? 11.If you don't know the city, would you like to visit it? Why? Why not?
New York is the most important global financial, political, economic and cultural center
2. Who discovered Penicillin?
Penicillin is the name of an antibiotic that is used to kill dangerous bacteria in our bodies. It was discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming.
3. When were X-rays discovered?
They were discovered by Wilhelm Rontgen in 1895 by accident.
4. Who the first created mechanical computer?
The first computer was created by a mathematician and philosopher Charles Babbage.
5. What important scientific discoveries were made by Isaac Newton?
He developed the theory of colour, studied the speed of sound and formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation
6. Who discovered electromagnetic induction?
It was Michael Faraday
7. Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
The Englishman Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention of the telephone. It was in 1876.
8. What Russian physicist do you know?
I know Alexander Popov. He was a Russian physicist who first demonstrated the practical application of radio waves. In 1894 he built his first radio.
9. Who is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?
He invented the microscope. He is also considered as the first microbiologist in the world and the father of microbiology.
10. Who is Elias Howe?He invented the Sewing machine