Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School
A Scientist a Month
Learn about famous Scientists here
Every month we will show-case a new Scientist from around the world. People who have discovered and achieved in the Scientific World. People who, through their life's work have influenced and changed our planet. Some of these are scientists from today and some will be from centuries ago (or anywhere in-between)
I hope you like learning about them!
What could you do?
-Find out more about each Scientist.
-Create a 'Scientists' book of your own
September
Ibn al-Haytham (965 - 1040)
An Arabic astronomer and Physicist Ibn carried out experiments about Light and how our eyes work ( an area called optics) He argued with other scientists of the time that we see when light enters our eyes and not that light comes out of our eyes.
July
Zhang Heng (78 - 139 CE)
Zhang Heng was a Chinese astronomer and inventor. He mapped out all of the stars and planets. He recognised that the moon was not a life source but that it reflected the light of the sun.