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.
(i) Eintein’s equation. → 9
(ii) Eintein meets his future wife. → 7
(iii) The making of a violinist. → 3
(iv) Milera and Elinstein’s mother. → 10
(v) A letter that launched the arms race. → 15
(vi) A desk drawer full of ideas . → 8
(vii) Marriage and divorce. → 11
2) Who had these opinions about Einstein?
(i) He was boring.
Ans: His playmates thought he was boring.
(ii) He was stupid and would never succeed in life.
Ans: His headmaster thought that he was stupid and would never succeed in life.
(iii) He was a freak.
Ans: Einstein’s mother thought that he was a freak.
3) Explain what the reasons for the following are.
(i) Einstein learning the school in Munich for good.
Ans: Einstein left the school in Munich for good because he hated the regimentation of school, and so he often had clashes with his teachers.
(ii) Einstein wanting to study in Switzerland rather in Munich.
Ans: Einstein wished to continue his education in German speaking Switzerland, as it was a city more liberal than Munich.
(iii) Einstein seeing in Milera an ally.
Ans: Einstein found in Milera an ally because she too was against those people in his family and at the university with whom he was constantly at odds.
(iv) What do these tell you about Einstein?
Ans: These tells us that Einstein loved freedom. He had his own view of life. He was liberal. He always did the things the way is wanted to.
4) What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office ? Why?
Ans: Einstein called the desk drawer at the patent office the “bureau of theoretical physics” because it was the place where he used to store his secretly developed ideas.
5) Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt ?
Ans: Einstein wrote a letter to the American President , Franklin Roosevelt to warn him of the consequences of the explosion of an atomic bomb.
6) How did the Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ?
Ans: Einstein was deeply shaken by the extent of the destruction caused by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He wrote a public missive to the United Nations . He also proposed the formation of a world government to stop the use nuclear bombs.
7) Why does the world remember Einstein as a “world citizens” ?
Ans: The world remember Einstein as a “world citizens” because of his efforts towards world peace and democracy, and for his agitation to bring an end to the use of arms.
8) Here are some facts from Einstein’s life. Arrange them in chronological order.
a. Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.
b. He is awarded the nobel prize in Physics.
c. Einstein writes a letter to U.S President, Franklin.D.Roosevelt ,and warns against Germany ‘s building of an atomic bomb.
d. Einstein attends a high school in Munich.
e. Einstein’s family moves to Milan.
f. Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.
g. Einstein joins a university in Zurich, where he meets Mileva.
g. Einstein dies.
i. He provides a new interpretation of gravity.
j. Tired of the school’s regimentation , Einstein withdraws from school.
k. He works in a patent office as a technical expert.
l. When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United states.
Ans : (1) Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.
(2) Einstein attends a high school in Munich.
(3) Einstein’s family moves to Milan.
(4) Tired of the school’s 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 theory of relativity.
(8) He provides a new interpretation of gravity.
(9) He is awarded 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.