| CD Inside! Legends of Science Book 4 contains a CD-ROM with PDF versions of each book inside.
The topics covered in Legends of Science Book 4 include the life and work of renowned scientists - from Edwin Hubble to Albert Einstein. The people featured range from the earliest scientific thinkers to current researchers.
Related extension pages contain further activities in the ares where our scientific legends excelled. The questions range from concrete recall, to comprehension, extraction, analysis and synthesis. These will extend the learning capabilities of all students.
Opportunities are provided for students to give their own opinions on scientific issues, and will encourage interest in the more formal activities.
Topics include:
- Rachel Carson — DDT
- Alec Jeffreys — DNA fingerprinting
- Karl Janksy — Radio telescope
- Russell Ohl — Solar cells
- Alexander Parkes — Plastics
- Albert Einstein — E=mc2
- Jean Mcnamara — Polio
- Philo Farnsworth — Television
- Wilem Kolff — Kidney dialysis machine
- Edwin Hubble — Hubble telescope
- Percy Spencer — Microwave oven
- James Watson — DNA
- Henrietta Leavitt — Stars and distances in space
- Bernard Gordon — Doppler radar and the CAT scanner
- Gertrude Elion — Cancer, drugs and organ transplants
- Willard Libby — Carbon-14 and age determination
- Frank Macfarlane Burnet — Influenza, antibodies and immunity
- Helen Turner — Genetics and Merino sheep
- Graeme Clark — Bionic ear
- Ian Franzer — Cervical cancer and vaccines
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