Contents

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ 1

BIOGRAPHY OF A SCIENTIST 2

Text I NIELS BOHR (1885—1962) 2

Exercises 2

Text 2 CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN (1809—1882) 7

Exercises 8

Text 3 THOMAS HUNT MORGAN (1866—1945) 17

exercises 17

Text 4 FREDERIC HOPKINS 23

Exercises 23

SUPLEMENT 29

SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION 31

Text 1 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON 31

Exercises 32

Text 2 LABORATORY FOR THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT 38

Exercises 38

Text 3 IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON 44

Exercises 45

SCIENTIFIC GATHERING 55

Text 1 TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS 55

Exercises 55

Text 2 CHEMICAL WARFARE ON PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES 60

Exercises 60

Text 3 FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF BIOCHEMISTRY 65

Exercises 66

DISCUSSING CURRENT PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE 82

Text 1 MODERN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 82

Exercises 82

Text 2 A HISTORY OF THE MODERN BRITISH CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 94

Exercises 94

SUPPLEMENT 105

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ 1

BIOGRAPHY OF A SCIENTIST 2

Text I NIELS BOHR (1885—1962) 2

Exercises 2

Text 2 CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN (1809—1882) 8

Exercises 9

Text 3 THOMAS HUNT MORGAN (1866—1945) 17

exercises 18

Text 4 FREDERIC HOPKINS 24

Exercises 25

SUPLEMENT 30

SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION 32

Text 1 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON 32

Exercises 33

Text 2 LABORATORY FOR THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT 39

Exercises 40

Text 3 IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON 46

Exercises 47

SCIENTIFIC GATHERING 57

Text 1 TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS 57

Exercises 57

Text 2 CHEMICAL WARFARE ON PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES 62

Exercises 63

Text 3 FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF BIOCHEMISTRY 68

Exercises 69

DISCUSSING CURRENT PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE 86

Text 1 MODERN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 86

Exercises 86

Text 2 A HISTORY OF THE MODERN BRITISH CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 99

Exercises 99

SUPPLEMENT 110

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