Amazing Scientists

The inspiring stories of the people who changed history. The Amazing People readers are collections of short stories in which exceptional people from history tell their story. Each title includes : a COBUILD glossary of the more difficult words ; a timeline to accompany each story ; free online resources for students and teachers at www. collinselt. com/readers ; free online audio of a full reading of each person's story at www.
collinselt. com/eltreadersaudio. In this book read about : Alessandro Volta, inventor of the battery. Michael Faraday, inventor of the electric motor. Marie Curie, famous for her work on radioactivity. Albert Einstein, creator of the Theory of Relativity. Alexander Fleming, who discovered the first antibiotic. Linus Pauling, chemist and peace activist.