Big Minds Focus 2 unit 2

Albert Einstein was a/an

• biologist

• physicist

• archeologist

Marie Skłodowska-Curie discovered

• plutonium

• uranium

• polonium and radium

Marie Skłodowska -Curie conducted pioneering research on

• radioactivity

• geology

• painting

Nikola Tesla was

• a famous geographer and biologist.

• an inventor, electrical engineer and mechanical engineer.

• a musician, painter, artist and a singer.

Charles Darwin was a famous naturalist, geologist and biologist who contributed to

• the science of archeology

• the science of astronomy

• the science of evolution

Galileo Galilei was

• a professor of mathematics and natural science in Padua and Pisa

• a professor of English and Latin in Padua and Pisa

• a professor of geology and archeology in Padua and Pisa

People know Copernicus for his ideas about

• the hills and mountains

• the seas and oceans

• the sun and the earth

Alfred Nobel was a chemist, engineer, inventor, and businessman who held 355 different patents, including ...

• baking powder

• washing powder

• dynamite

Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist who

• discovered antibiotics

• discovered penicillin

• discovered bacteria

Steve Jobs was

• a pioneer of the medicine revolution

• a pioneer of the car industry revolution

• a pioneer of the personal computer revolution