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famous scientists [reading and understanding information] [1b]

famous scientists [reading and understanding information] [1b]
  • Euclid
    (c. 325 – 265 BC)
    Greek mathematician.
    Euclid is known as the ‘father of modern geometry.’
  • Archimedes
    (287–212 BC)
    Greek scientist and mathematician.
    Invented a system for lifting up water from wells.
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    (1452 – 1519)
    Italian artist, sculptor and designer.
    Designed parachutes and helicopters.
  • Hippocrates
    (460 – 377 BC)
    A doctor of ancient Greece.
    His techniques of health care improved survival rates and he has become the father of modern medicine.
  • Nicholaus Copernicus
    (1473- 1543)
    Polish scientist.
    A mathematician and astronomer.
    He said that the Sun was the centre of the Universe and not the Earth.
  • Aristotle
    (384 – 322 BC)
    Greek scientist.
    Made investigations and discoveries in the natural sciences including botany, zoology, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology and geometry.







studied botany, zoology and astronomy


designed parachutes and helicopters


the Sun is the centre of the Universe


father of modern geometry


father of modern medicine


screw for lifting up water from wells


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