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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.

(i)      Einstein's equation

(ii)     Einstein m eets his future wife 

(iii)    The making of a violinist

(iv)    Mileva and Einstein's mother   

(v)     A letter that launched the arms race   

(vi)    A desk drawer full of ideas      

(vii)   Marriage and divorce

 Answer 1:

(i)      Einstein's equation

(ii)     Einstein meets his future wife

(iii) The making of a violinist

(iv)    Mileva and Einstein' s mother

(v)     A letter that launched the arms race

(vi)    A desk drawer full of ideas

(vii)   Marriage and divorce

Question 2:

Who had these opinions about Einstein?

(i)      He was boring.

(ii)     He was stupid and would never succeed in life.

(iii)    He was a freak.

Answer 2:

(i)      Einstein's playma tes had an opinion about him that he was boring.

(ii)     Einstein's headmaster thought that he was stupid and he would never succeed in life anything in any field.

(iii)    Einstein's 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 3:

1.                 Einstein decided to leave the school in Munich for a good reason because he hated the school's regimen tation.

2.                 Switzerland was a more liberal city than in Munich therefore Einstein wanted to study there.

3.                 Einstein found in Mileva an ally because she had a similar thinking to him and disapproved of the "philistines" or the people who did not like art, literature or music.

4.                 These things implied that Einstein was a person who loved freedom more than anything. He was liberal and a cultured person.

Question 4:

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

Answer 4:

Einstein called his desk drawer at the patent office "bureau of theoretical physics". This was because he used to store h is secretly developed ideas in the drawer located there.

Question 5:

Why did Einstei n write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?

Answer 5:

Einstein was a visionary scientist. He wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt to give a warning about the destruction power of bomb and its diverse effects.

Question 6:

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

Answer 6:

Einstein was deeply hurt by the disaster in the Hiroshima and Nagasa ki. He wrote a public missive to the U nited. He also proposed the creation of a world governmen t to stop the production of nuclear weapons.

Question 7:

Why does the world remember Einstei n as a "world citizen"?

Answer 7:

Einstein is remembered as a "world citizen" as well as a genius scientist beca use of his contributions and efforts towards creating world peace and democracy, and for his campaign against the use of arms.

Question 8:

1.     Here are some facts from Einstein' s life. Arrange them in chronological order.

2.     Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity.

3.     He is awarded the N obel Prize in Physics.

4.     Einstein writes a letter to U.S. Presiden t, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and warns against Germany's building of an atomic bomb.

5.     Einstein attends a high school in Munich.

6.     Einstein's family moves to Milan.

7.     Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.

8.     Einstein joi ns a university in Zurich, where he meets Mileva.

9.     Einstein dies.He provides a new interpreta tion of gravity.

10. Tired of the school's regimentation, Einstein withdraws from school.

11. He works in a patent office as a technical expert.

12. When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United States.

Answer 8:

1.     Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.

2.     Einstein attends a high school in Munich.

3.     Tired of the school's regimentat ion, Einstein withd raws from school.

4.     Einstein's family moves to Milan.

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 gravity.

9.     He is awarded the N obel 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 Germany's building of an atomic bomb.

12.   Einstein dies.