Read the following passage carefully.
Isaac Newton‟s name may still be seen today cut into the wood of a
window sill at King‟s school, Grantham, where he studied Grammar
and Latin. At first, Issac seemed to be rather a dull boy and not very
good at his lessons. But he used to use his hands and used to make
little machines like wind mills. He caught mice and compelled them to
drive some of his little machines.
One day in school, Newton was kicked by a bigger boy who was
higher up in class than himself. This made Newton very angry and he
turned on the boy and gave him a good thrashing. He also declared to
beat him at lessons and this made him work harder. After that he made
an improvement in his studies, and so perhaps the big boy who kicked
Newton did a great service to the world.
Newton went to Cambridge University where he studied Mathematics
and Science. He started to make discoveries in Mathematics while still
at college. However, Newton did not confine his studies to
mathematics. He became very interested in the behaviour of light, and
he showed that sunlight, which appears to us as white light, can be
split into the colours of the rainbow.
One day at school, Newton watched an apple as it fell from the tree to
the ground. He began to wonder why it moved towards the earth not
upwards towards the sky. After a great deal of thought on this subject,
he produced the theory of gravitation and published it in his great
book „Principia‟. He showed that everybody attracts every other body.
The sun and the earth attract each other and so we do not fly away
from the sun into the darkness and coldness of outer space; the moon
and the earth also attract each other, which is why the moon stays near
us and does not rush away and leaving us in darkness every night.Newton‟s head was usually so full of ideas and problems that he was
often quite lost in thoughts. Many stories are told of his absent-
mindedness. Once, when he was
entertaining some guests at dinner, he went out of the room to fetch
more wine. For a long time, his friends waited his return, but neither
host nor wine appeared. At last they went to look for him and found
him hard at study. The wine, the dinner and his guests were all
forgotten.
On another occasion, he invited one of his friends to dinner, but when
the man arrived, the great philosopher was not there. The guest sat
down to wait and repeatedly looked hungrily at the dinner table not far
away. Two places were laid and everything seemed ready for an
excellent meal.
On the basis of reading of the above passage answer the following
questions.
1. Was Newton innovative as a boy?
2. In what way did the big boy prove to be helpful to Newton?
3. What is the basis of Newton‟s theory of gravitation?
4. What is Newton famous for other than his scientific
discoveries?
5. Give the antonym of the word „dull‟ in para 1.
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