【正文】 volved around by the failure of Ptolemy39。s geocentric model of the universe to follow Aristotle39。s requirement for the uniform circular motion of all celestial bodies, Copernicus decided that he could achieve his goal only through a heliocentric thereby created a concept of a universe in which the distances of the planets from the sun bore a direct relationship to the size of their the timeCopernicus39。s heliocentric idea was very controversial。nevertheless, it was the start of a change in the way the world was viewed, and Copernicus came to be seen as the initiator of the Scientific Revolution.(129)216。 Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific achievements include improvements to thetelescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for 39。s observations about four satellites of Jupiter with his new telescope convinced him of the truth of Copernicus39。s suncentered or heliocentric has been called the “father of modern observational astronomy,” the “father of modern physics,” and “the Father of Modern Science.” Stephen Hawking says, “Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science.”(96)216。 Christopher ColumbusIn 1485, Columbus presented his plans to John II, King of requested he be made “Great Admiral of the Ocean”, appointed governor of any and all lands he discovered, and givenonetenth of all revenue from those king submitted the proposal to his experts and rejected 1488 Columbus appealed to the court of Portugal once again, and once again it also proved , Columbus travelled from Portugal to both Genoa and Venice, but he received encouragement from , Columbus presented his plans to Queen the passing of much time, these savants of Spain, like their counterparts in Portugal, pronounced the idea impractical, and advised their Royal Highnesses to pass on the proposed after endless attempts at establishing a settlement of Hispanism, Catholic Monarchs finally gave him an annual allowance of 12,000 maravedis and furnished him with a letter ordering all cities and towns under their domain to provide him food and lodging with which Columbus successfully initiated widespread contact between Europeans and indigenous Americans and carved out the crosscontinental trade market.(183)216。 John NashBefore 1950, Adam Smith was respected as ―the father of Game Theory‖, he wrote a famous book named The Wealth of Nations and demonstrated ―perfect petition‖ which wasmonly accepted by is a sentence from the book ―Individual ambition serious the mon good‖ which means when each individual pursue his own interests, the benefits of the group will be improved most , John Nash, a normal mathematician in Princeton University, created a theory ―Nash Equilibrium‖ which laid the foundation of Game Theory in doubted the statement from Adam Smith, and he Nash wrote a 28 pages dissertation to argue a new to the fact that personal benefitsconflict each other, the interest of a group will be ensure the interests of whole group, individuals should find equilibrium between the personal and group , John Nash received the Nobel Prize in economics and fundamentally reformed the arena of economics.(160)216。216。 Alfred Bernhard Nobel1Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of be able to detonate the dynamite rods he also invented a detonator which could be ignited by lighting a market for dynamite and detonating caps grew very rapidly and Alfred Nobel also proved himself to be a very skillful entrepreneur and later produced ballistite, one of the first smokeless the time of his death, his will provide his enormous fortune of the major portion of $9 million estate toinstitute the Nobel Prize, a yearly prize for merit in physics, chemistry, medicine and physiology, literature, and world synthetic element nobelium was named after him.(119)216。 Thomas EdisonIn 19th century, people could only get light from candles, but it suffered from severaldisadvantages, including exorbitantly high price and in adequate Edison, one of the most prominent inventors in the 20th century, overcame 1500 failure and suitable filament for electric light bulb which were affordable for all people to buy and tried numerousmaterials such as iron, copper, aluminum, silver, hair, even his colleague‘s brown beard, but he fails all he did not give up and dedicated himself in finding the best belief held by him was that ―we will make the electricity so cheap that only the rich will burncandles.‖ He had the first successful experiment in 1879, finding that carbon filament can last over 40 hours, but he and his team were not satisfied for hundreds of tough trying, they finally found carbonized bamboo filament which could last over 1200 , the light bulbs invented by Edison with the most suitable filament have not only lighted up the world, but influenced people‘s lives all over the world until now.(185)第四篇：SAT寫作名人例子文都國際教育官方網(wǎng)站：://文都國際教育官方網(wǎng)站：第五篇：名人感恩的例子篇一：關(guān)于感恩的名人故事 關(guān)于感恩的名人故事 感恩故事一：一個生活貧困的男孩為了積攢學(xué)費，挨家挨戶地推銷商品。他的推銷進行得很不順利，傍晚時他疲憊萬分，饑餓難耐，絕望地想放棄一切。走投無路的他敲開一扇門，希望主人能給他一杯水。開門的是一位美麗的年輕女子，她笑著遞給了他一杯濃濃的熱牛奶。男孩和著眼淚把它喝了下去，從此對人生重新鼓起了勇氣。許多年后，他成了一位著名的外科大夫。一天，一位病情嚴(yán)重的婦女被轉(zhuǎn)到了那位著名的外科大夫所在的醫(yī)院。大夫順利地為婦女做完手術(shù)，救了她的命。無意中，大夫發(fā)現(xiàn)那位婦女正是多年前在他饑寒交迫時給過他那杯熱牛奶的年輕女子！他決定悄悄地為她做點什么。一直為昂貴的手術(shù)費發(fā)愁的那位婦硬著頭皮辦理出院手續(xù)時，在手術(shù)費用單上看到的是這樣七個字：手術(shù)費：一杯牛奶。二：一個流浪者流浪街頭因饑餓而倒，一位好心人給了他十元錢，那位流浪漢因那十元錢而重新站了起來。對那位好心人感激不盡，他求好心人留下聯(lián)系方式，以便有一天能回報他。好心人對流浪漢說了一句話：我曾經(jīng)也與你一樣陷入此困境，也是一位好心人給了我十元錢讓我走到了今天，那位好心人也對我說了一句話，學(xué)會用一顆感恩的心去對待別人。所以今天我對你所作的一切，也真心的希望明天，你也能學(xué)會用一顆感恩的心去對待另一個需要幫助的人?? 三：在一個鬧饑荒的城市，一個家庭殷實而且心地善良的面包師把城里最窮的幾十個孩子聚集到一塊，然后拿出一個盛有面包的籃子，對他們說：“這個籃子里的面包你們一人一個。在上帝帶來好光景以前，你們每天都可以來拿一個面包?！彼查g，這些饑餓的孩子仿佛一窩蜂一樣涌了上來，他們圍著籃子推來擠去大聲叫嚷著，誰都想拿到最大的面包。當(dāng)他們每人都拿到了面包后，竟然沒有一個人向這位好心的面包師說聲謝謝，回頭就走了。但是有一個叫依娃的小女孩卻例外，她既沒有同大家一起吵鬧，也沒有與其他人爭搶。她只是謙讓地站在一步以外，等別的孩子都拿到以后，才把剩在籃子里最小的一個面包拿起來。她并沒有急于離去，她