The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents: Galileo who wanted to show that the earth went around the sun Rene Descartes, the Frenchman who famously said 'I think, therefore I am' Sir Isaac Newton who proved how gravity works Carl Friedrich Gauss, 'the Prince of Mathematicians' Charles Babbage who invented computers Ada Lovelace who wrote the first computer program BRITISH ENGLISH Word count: 8,351 Headword count: 790 Each book includes a free CD with a full recording of each story. PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials. This book is Level 2 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 2 is equivalent to CEF level A2-B1.