Amazing Scientists

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

Contents:

• 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, discoverer of the first antibiotic
• Linus Pauling, chemist and peace activist

BRITISH ENGLISH

• Word count: 15,287
• Headword count: 1,631

Each book includes a full recording of each story online.

PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.

This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series.

Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2.

About the Amazing People series:

A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.

Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.

After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.

Created in association with The Amazing People Club.