(1903) – The first aircraft and successful flight 20th
1955) – Penicillin 20th
p 20th Century Alexander Fleming (1881- Century Tim Berners-Lee (1955–) – The World Wide Web Century (1950s)
James Watson and Francis Crick – The structure of DNA
21st p 21st Century Mark
Zuckerberg (1984–) – Facebook
Century – The human genome project, stem cells – Apple: iPod, iPhone, iPad...
Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen – YouTube u
Irish inventors 17th Century Robert Boyle (1627-1691) – Boyle’s Law. Boyle’s experiments linked the volume, pressure
and temperature of gases and he was one of the first scientists to understand matter. 19th
Samuel O’Reilly (1854-1909) – Tattoo machine John Joly (1857-1933) – Colour photography, radiotherapy
t19th Century John Philip Holland (1841-1914) – The submarine Century Francis Beaufort (1774-1857) – The Beaufort scale which measures wind speed
20th
Century Henry
George Ferguson (1884-1960) – Massey Ferguson tractor u
Science in Society Pick one important scientist. You can choose from the list above or pick another that you are interested in. Outline the contribution they have made to scientific discovery and/or invention. Outline the impact their work has made on society. Present your findings.
