Question

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Answer 1

Name of the chapter - A Truly Beautiful Mind.

About the chapter -

This story is all about the great personality, Albert Einstein. It tells his journey from his birth till his death. He had discovered the theories of space and time. Although, he was not successful in his family life, in his scientific experiments he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.

Summary -

• Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. Most of the family members thought that he was an abnormal child because he had a large head.

• When he was small no one played with him and he preferred mechanical toys instead.

• In his school, he did not do well in his studies, and his headmaster was not impressed with him. However, he became a gifted amateur violinist.

• At the age of 15, he left his school due to strict regimentation (discipline) there.

• He continued his studies after getting shifted to Switzerland at the University of Zurich.

• In the University he fell in love with a fellow girl named Mileva Maric. She was a Serbian girl.

• After getting a job he married her and soon they had two kids. But still, they get separated and divorced after 16 years of marriage.

• He got a stable job as a technical expert after his graduation, in the patient office in Bern. He also continued his experiments side-by-side.

• He started special Theory of Relativity that was related to distance and time, giving rise to the well known (E = mc²) equation, relating mass and energy.

• He published his general theory of Relativity in 1915, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.

• He shifted to the USA when the Nazis gained political power in Germany in the year 1933.

• When Germany developed nuclear fission a colleague persuaded him to write to the President of USA, Franklin about the large scale devastating a nuclear bomb may cause. This resulted in the USA developing its own nuclear bombs and using them in Japan near the end of the war.

• Shocked by the extent of the destruction caused by these bombs he wrote to the United Nation to stop the arms buildup by forming a world government.

• He also used his popularity to campaign for peace and democracy during the next ten years, till his death in 1955.

• He was known as a Scientific genius.

Answer 2

Chapter : A truly beautiful mind

Theme :

A great men are not born with special signs. In their childhood days they are also like common children. Thier parents also take care of them as normally parents do. Gradually these children develops some specific virtues and become great when they grow up.

Summary :

The story tells the life of an outstanding scientific personality, Albert Einstein from his birth till his death. His theories totally changed our understanding of space and time. Through he was not successful in his family life,his scientific efforts won him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. He was known as visionary and world citizen as much as a scientific genius.

Character sketch :

1. Albert Einstein : He was a genius scientist and a peace activist. His theories are being proven correct today.

2. Mileva Maric : Einstein's first wife and mother of his two sons. She lost her interest in her intellectual ambition and divorced him after 16 years of marriage.

Key points of the summary :-

• Early life of Einstein.
• Education and Married life of Einstein.
• Einstein special theory of relativity.
• Einstein words for peace and democracy.