Les Personnes Importantes

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World Book Encyclopedia
1. Choose THREE people to research from the list or one you know:
Chemists: Claude Berthollet, Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac, Antoine Lavoisier, Louis Pasteur, and Paul
Sabatier
Physicists: Jean D’Alembert, Charles Coulomb, André Ampère, Sadi Carnot, Pierre et Marie Curie, Irène
Joliot-Curie, Pierre Duhem, Hippolyte Fizeau, Léon Foucault, Joseph Fourier, Augustin Fresnel, Antoine
Becquerel, and Maurice de Broglie
Physicians: Jean Fernel, Julien La Mettrie, Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis, Luc Montaigner, and Philippe
Pinel
Explorers: Samuel de Champlain, Paul Vidal, Cavalier de La Salle, Jacques Cartier
Inventors: Louis Braille, André Citroën, Jacques Cousteau, the Lumière brothers, and the Montgolfier
brothers
Mathematicians: Blaise Pascal and René Descartes
2. Answer the following questions about each of the people you research:
A. When were they born? When did they die?
B. What type of work did they do or the name of their field?
C. Why are they famous?
3. Now you need to summarize what you can learn from each of these individuals. How could you
pattern your life after them to achieve success in your chosen field?
4. Create four slides, one with your name and period, and then three others (one for each person) in
google docs. Then share this with Mr. Rocque ([email protected]).
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