Truly Beautiful Mind

 AP 9th Class English Beehive 4th LessonA Truly Beautiful Mind Questions and Answers

Thinking About the Text :

Question 1.
Here are some headings for paragraphs in the text. Write the number(s) of the paragraph(s) for each title against the heading. The first one is done for you?

1. Einsteins equation [9]
2. Einstein meets his future wife [ ]
3. The making of a violinist [ ]
4. Mileva and Einsteins mother [ ]
5. A letter that launchied the arms race [ ]
6. A desk drawer full of ideas [ ]
7. Marriage and divorce [ ]

Answers:

1. 9
2. 7
3. 3
4. 10
5. 15
6. 8
7. 11

Question 2.
Who had these opinions about Einstein?

1. He was boring
2. He was stupid and would never succeed in life
3. He was a freak

Answer:

1. He was boring - Einsteins playmates thought that he was boring
2. He was stupid and would never succeed in life. - Einsteins headmaster thought that he was stupid and would never succeed at anything in life
3. He was a freak. - Einsteins mother thought that he was a freak

Question 3.
Explain what the reasons for the following are?

1. Einstein leaving the school in Munich for good
2. Einstein wanting to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich
3. Einstein seeing in Mileva an ally
4. What do these tell you about Einstein

Answer:

1. Einstein left the school in Munich for good because he hated the schools strict rules. He had some disagreements with his teachers
2. Einstein wanted to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich because Switzerland was more liberal than Munich
3. Einstein found in Mileva an ally because she, like him, disapproved of the "philistines" or the people who did not like art, literature or music
4. These told about Einstein that he was cultured and liberal. He had his own view of life. He preferred freedom to controlled atmosphere

Question 4.
What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office? Why?

Answer: Einstein called his desk drawer at the patent office the "bureau of theoretical physics" because he had used the drawer to store all the secret ideas developed by him

Question 5.
Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?

Answer: Einstein wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt to warn him of the serious effects of an atomic explosion. He wanted to encourage him to make a bomb to utilize its destruction potential

Question 6.
How did Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer: Einstein was profoundly disturbed by the destruction caused by the bombing on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He even wrote a public letter to the United Nations. In his letter he proposed the formation of a world government. Gradually he tried to bring about world peace by involving in politics

Question 7.
Why does the world remember Einstein as a "world citizen"?

Answer: A world citizen is a person who thinks for the benefit of the people in the world. Einstein asked the United States to stop using atom bombs. He worked for the world peace. He spoke for the welfare of the world people. So Einstein can be remembered as a world citizen as well as a great scientist

Question 8.
Here are some facts from Einsteins life. Arrange them in chronological order. [ ] Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity. [ ] He is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. [ ]. Einstein writes a letter to the U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and warns against Germanys building of an atomic bomb. [ ] Einstein attends a high school in Munich. [ ] Einsteins family moves to Milan. [ ] Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm. [ ] Einstein joins a university in Zurich, where he meets Mileva. [ ] Einstein dies. [ ] He provides a new interpretation of gravity. [ ] Tired of the schools regimentation, Einstein withdraws from school. [ ] He works in a patent office as a technical expert: [ ] When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United States?

Answer:

1. Einstein is bon in the German city of Ulm
2. Einstein attends a high school in Munich
3. Einsteins family moves to Milan
4. Tired of the schools regimentation, Einstein withdraws from school.
5. Einstein joins a University in Zurich where he meets Mileva
6. He works in a patent office as a technical expert
7. Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity
8. He provides a new interpretation of gravitation
9. He is awargéd the Nobel Prize in Physics
10. When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United States
11. Einstein writes a letter to U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt and warns against Germanys building of an atomic bomb
12. Einstein dies

Thinking About Language : I. Here are some sentences from the story. Choose the word from the brackets which can be substituted for the italicised words in the sentences

Question 1.
A few years later, the marriage faltered. (failed, broke, became weak)?

Answer: became weak

Question 2.
Einstein was constantly at odds with people at the university. (on bad terms, in disagreement, unhappy)?

Answer: in disagreement

Question 3.
The newspapers proclaimed his work as "a scientific revolution". (declared, praised, showed)?

Answer: declared

Question 4.
Einstein got ever more involved in politics, agitating for an end to the arms buildup. (campaigning, fighting, supporting)?

Answer: campaigning

Question 5.
At the age of 15 , Einstein felt so stifled that he left the school for good. (permanently, for his benefit, for a short time)?

Answer: permanently

Question 6.
Five years later, the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin had American physicists in an uproar. (in a state of commotion, full of criticism, in a desperate state)?

Answer: in a state of commotion

Question 7.
Science wasnt the only thing that appealed to the dashing young man with the walrus moustache. (interested, challenged, worried)/

Answer: interested

II. Study the following sentences

Question.
Einstein became a gifted amateur violinist, maintaining this skill throughout his life. Letters survive in which they put their affection into words, mixing science with tenderness. The parts in italics in the above sentences begin with -ing verbs, and are called participial phrases. Participial phrases say something more about the person or thing talked about or the idea expressed by the sentence as a whole. For example: Einstein became a gifted amateur violinist. He maintained this skill throughout his life. Complete the sentences below by filling in the blanks with suitable participial clauses. The information that has to be used in the phrases is provided as a sentence in brackets?

1. __________ , the firefighters finally put out the fire. (They worked round the clock.)
2. She watched the sunset above the mountain, __________ (She noticed the colours blending softly into one another.)
3. The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly, __________ (While it neighed continually.)
4. __________ , I found myself in Bangalore, instead of Benaras. (I had taken the wrong train.)
5. __________ . I was desperate to get to the bathroom. (I had not bathed for two days)
6. The stone steps, __________ needed to be replaced. (They were worn down).
7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans, __________ (They asked him to send them his photograph.)

Answers:

1. Working round the clock, the fire fighters finally put out the fire
2. She watched the sunset above the mountain, noticing the colours blending softly into one another
3. The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly, neighing continually
4. Having taken the wrong train, I found myself in Bangalore, instead of Benaras
5. Having not bathed for two days, I was desperate to get to the bathroom
6. The stone steps, being worn down, needed to be replaced
7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans, asking him to send them his photograph

Writing Newspaper Reports : Here are some notes which you could use to write a report

Question.
21 August 2005 - original handwritten manuscript of Albert Einstein unearthedby student Rowdy Boeynik in the University of the Netherlands - Boeynik researching papers - papers belonging to an old friend of Einstein - fingerprints of Einstein on these papers - 16-page document dated 1924 - Einsteins work on this last theory behaviour of atoms at low temperature - now known as the Bose-Einstein condensation - the manuscript to be kept at Leyden University where Einstein got the Nobel Prize?

Write a report which has four paragraphs, one each on :

• What was unearthed
• Who unearthed it and when
• What the document contained
• Where it will be kept

Your report could begin like this :

Student Unearths Einstein Manuscript

Question.
21 AUGUST 2005. An original handwritten Albert Einstein manuscript has been unearthed at a university in the Netherlands.?

Answer: Netherlands, 21 AUGUST 2005: Surprisingly, an original handwritten Albert Einstein manuscript has been unearthed by a student at a university in the Netherlands A student in the University of the Netherlands, Rowdy Boeynik, was researching papers belonging to an old friend of Einstein when he stumbled upon the manuscript. It was said the fingerprints of Einstein have been traced on these research papers. The yellowed 16-page German manuscript was dated December 1924

The document, titled Quantum theory of the monatomic ideal gas, contains Einsteins work on what is now known as the Bose-Einstein condensation. It is about the behavior of atoms at a low temperature. It is considered the last major work of the scientific genius. The authorities said the manuscript will be kept at Leyden University where Einstein got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921

Dictation :

Question.
Your teacher will dictate these paragraphs to you. Write down the paragraphs with correct punctuation marks. In 1931 Charlie Chaplin invited Albert Einstein, who was visiting Hollywood, to a private screening of his new film, City Lights. As the two men drove into town together, passersby waved and cheered. Chaplin turned to his guest and explained: "The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me." One of Einsteins colleagues asked him for his telephone number one day. Einstein reached for a telephone directory and looked it up. "You dont remember your own number?" the man asked, startled. "No," Einstein answered. "Why should I memorise something I can so easily get from a book ?" (In fact, Einstein claimed never to memorise anything which could be looked up in less than two minutes.)?

Answer: In 1931, Charlie Chaplin invited Albert Einstein, who was visiting Hollywood, to a private screening of his new film, "City Lights". As the two men drove into town together, passers-by waved and cheered. Chaplin turned to his guest and explained: "The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding mé because everybody understands me."

One of Einsteins colleagues asked him for his telephone number one day. Einstein reached for a telephone directory and looked it up. "You dont remember your own number?" the man asked, startled. "No", Einstein answered. "Why should I memorise sormething I can so easily get from a book?" (In fact, Einstein claimed never to memorise anything which could be looked up in less than two minutes.)

A Truly Beautiful Mind Summary in English

This is the story of Albert Einstein, a very smart scientist. He was born on March 14, 1879, in a city called Ulm in Germany. When he was little, he couldnt talk until he was two-and-a-half years old. But when he started talking, he would say every word twice

His friends used to call him "Brother Boring." His mother thought he was strange because he had a big head. As a child, Einstein loved playing with toys that had gears and wheels. When his sister Maja was born, he noticed that her toys were different and didnt have wheels

When Einstein was in school, the headmaster told his father that he didnt think Albert would succeed because he thought Albert was foolish. But Albert was actually a good student and got good grades in almost every subject. When he was fifteen, he didnt like the strictness of the school, so he left and never went back

When Alberfs parents moved to Milan, Italy, they left him with his relatives. He continued hisfeducation in a place where people spoke German in Switzerland. After finishing school, he got into a university in Zurich

He liked the university because they accepted new ideas, and he was really interested in physics and mathematics. He wanted to work in this field. In 1902, Albert started working at a patent office in Bern. He would look at other peoples inventions and secretly work on his own ideas about the Theory of Relativity

While at the university, he met Mileva Maric, another smart student. They fell in love, got married, and had two sons. But their marriage didnt last, and they got divorced in 1919. That same year, he married his cousin Elsa

In 1905, Einstein wrote a paper called the "Special Theory of Relativity." It said that time and distance are not always the same. This led to his famous formula, E = mc2, which talks about the relationship between energy and mass.

In 1915, he published the "General Theory of Relativity," which explained gravity in a new way. In 1919, an eclipse proved that his theory was right. Everyone called it a "scientiffc revolution." He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his work, which is still important today. The newspapers praised him a lot

In 1933, when the Nazis took over Germany, Einstein moved to the United States. He didnt want his scientific work to be used for bad things, so he left. In 1938, when the discovery of nuclear fission caused a big problem among American scientists, Einstein wrote a letter to the American President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. He warned about the dangers of atomic bombs

But in 1945, America secretly developed the atomic bomb and dropped it on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. This made Einstein very sad. He wrote a letter to the United Nations, asking them to create-a world government that could prevent such destruction from happening again. In his last days, he got involved in politics and spoke out for democracy and world peace. Albert Einstein died in 1955 when he was 76 years old. He is remembered as a great thinker and a scientific genius

Glossary: