Alexander Stepanovich Popov ( )
Read the sentence and choose the right words : Alexander Stepanovich Popov ( ) was a (1) who first demonstrated the practical application of electromagnetic (2) waves, although he did not apply for a (3) for his (4). 1. a)physicist 2. a) radio b)physics b) television c)physician c) tape recorder 3. a)agreement 4. a)inventor b)patent b)invent c)work c)invention
Read the text and answer the questions : Popov was born in the Turinskiye Rudniki (now Krasnoturinsk, Sverdlovskaya region) in the Ural mountains. He was the son of a priest. He was interested in natural sciences when he was a child. His father wanted Alexander to receive a good education at the seminary at Perm, and later to study physics at the St. Petersburg university. After graduation in 1882 he started to work as a laboratory assistant at the university. However, due to the poor funding of the university he changed to a teaching job at the Russian Navy's Torpedo School in Kronstadt on Kotlin Island. KrasnoturinskUral mountainsPermSt. Petersburg universityRussian Navy's Torpedo SchoolKronstadtKotlin Island
Answer the questions 1.Where was Popov born? (Popov was born in the Turinskiye Rudniki ) 2. What was he interested in when he was a child? (He was interested in natural sciences when he was a child.) 3. Where did he study? (He sudied at the seminary at Perm, and later at the St. Petersburg university.)PermSt. Petersburg university 4. What can you tell about his job? ( After graduation in 1882 he started to work as a laboratory assistant at the university and then at the Russian Navy's Torpedo School in Kronstadt )Russian Navy's Torpedo SchoolKronstadt
Open the brackets: In 1890s he (to continue) the experiments of other radio pioneers, such as Heinrich Hertz. In 1894 he (to build) his first radio receiver. Later a lightning detector(to present) to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society on May 7, This day (to celebrate) in the Russian Federation as "Radio Day". This news (to publish) the same year.radioHeinrich Hertzlightning detectorRussian Physical and Chemical SocietyRadio Day
" Construction and Operation of a Simple Homemade Radio Receiving Outfit
The monument to Popov A.S. in Krasnoturinsk
1.What other Russian scientists do you know? 2.What are they famous for? 3.Are you proud of the Russian inventors? 4.Would you like to invent anything? 5.What invention will it be? Let us speak!