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Episode 176- More Famous Scientists
Date:30/11/2009
Famous scientists - there are so many, it's hard to know where to start. But we picked five to SCOPE out – Galileo, Archimedes, Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.
Famous Scientists 101
In the beginning there were scientists before there was even science. When our ancestors were learning how to build a fire they were discovering how the world works, which is basically what scientists do. Dr Rob takes a closer look at the famous scientists that help discover what we know about the world today.
TO WATCH FAMOUS SCIENTISTS 101 CLICK HERE
Galileo Galilei- Telescopes
Galileo invented the concept of the refracting telescope. He basically used a set of curved lenses to magnify things in the distance, like stars. It was this invention that paved the way for bigger and better science and bigger and better telescope.
Experiment – Archimedes Screw
You might think that it's a fact of life that water flows down hill, but there is a way to make it flow up hill and Julia shows you how.
TO WATCH ARCHIMEDES SCREW EXPERIMENT CLICK HERE
Michael Faraday- Faraday Cage
If you've ever cooked something in a microwave or done work on a computer, then you've used a faraday cage before. Michelle Sanders from Scienceworks will tell you how they use the same concept to protect themselves from lightning.
Charles Darwin- Eucalypts
All animals and plants have adapted to their environments over millions of years and it was Charles Darwin, a British Scientists who came up with this theory of evolution. Pauline Ladiges a Botanist from The University of Melbourne explains how eucalyptus trees have been doing just that.
Albert Einstein- Lasers
Einstein technically didn't invent the laser because he never built one, but he did come up with the science behind them and as you probably know, we put them to some pretty good use these days. Milan Brandt from Swinburne University of Technology will tell us more.
So join Dr Rob as he mixes it up with some famous scientists and once again proves that the ordinary really does become extraordinary, under the SCOPE.
