Richard Ebright was a scientific prodigy. Why or why not.
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Richard Ebright was a multi-faceted and versatile personality. He was not only man with scientific mind, but also had a panache for sports and other-co-curricular activities such as debates, declamations, etc.
His mother encouraged him to take interest in collecting butterflies, rocks, fossils, coins; astronomy, photography, mountaineering, etc.
Since his childhood, he earned top grades in school. At the age of seven he started participating in science fairs. Science attracted him the most; In eighth grade he did an experiment to find the cause of viral disease that killed a large number of monarch butterflies. This experiment won him a prize.
Then he did many experiment such as finding out why Viceroys butterflies resembled monarch butterflies, discovery of an unknown insect hormone, growing cells from a monarch’s wings, discovering the chemical structure of the hormone, and the role of DNA.
In conclusion we can say, Richard Ebright displayed a well-rounded personality that culminated in his brilliance in science.