ZhangHeng
—MyFavouriteSvientist
MyfavouritescientistisZhangHeng,whowasafamousChineseastronomerandgeographer.
ZhangHenglivedfromAD78to139.Whenyoung,hewasinterestedinstarsandoftenaskedcuriousofhisgrand-parents,wholivedwithhim.ZhangHengbuiltamodel,whichcouldshowhowstarsmoveduringtheseasonsanddrewpicturedofwhathesaw,includingtheheavens.Atthattime,itwasdifficulttomakepeoplebelievenewtheories,butZhangHengdidn′tgiveupevenwhenpeoplelaughedathim.Instead,hewentonwithhisresearchandcontinuedhisexplorationoftheuniverse.
IadmireZhangHengbecausehewasnotonlyintelligent,butalsopatient.Hewascurious,carefulandcreative,too.Hedevotedhimselftoscienceandmadegreatcontributionstoscienceandsociety.