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    Einstein was a brilliant but rebellious thinker who revolutionized physics with his theory of relativity. He had an unhappy childhood, with teachers and his mother doubting his intelligence. As a student, he valued freedom and rejected rigid schooling. He had an ally in his wife Mileva, with whom he had a marriage that later ended in divorce. Einstein worked as a patent clerk while conducting his groundbreaking thought experiments. He warned world leaders about nuclear weapons and advocated for disarmament and world peace. Einstein was a non-conformist genius and visionary who is remembered as much for his humanitarianism as for his scientific achievements.

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    Einstein was a brilliant but rebellious thinker who revolutionized physics with his theory of relativity. He had an unhappy childhood, with teachers and his mother doubting his intelligence. As a student, he valued freedom and rejected rigid schooling. He had an ally in his wife Mileva, with whom he had a marriage that later ended in divorce. Einstein worked as a patent clerk while conducting his groundbreaking thought experiments. He warned world leaders about nuclear weapons and advocated for disarmament and world peace. Einstein was a non-conformist genius and visionary who is remembered as much for his humanitarianism as for his scientific achievements.

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    Einstein was a brilliant but rebellious thinker who revolutionized physics with his theory of relativity. He had an unhappy childhood, with teachers and his mother doubting his intelligence. As a student, he valued freedom and rejected rigid schooling. He had an ally in his wife Mileva, with whom he had a marriage that later ended in divorce. Einstein worked as a patent clerk while conducting his groundbreaking thought experiments. He warned world leaders about nuclear weapons and advocated for disarmament and world peace. Einstein was a non-conformist genius and visionary who is remembered as much for his humanitarianism as for his scientific achievements.

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    NCERT Solutions for Class 9th: Ch 4 A Truly Beatiful Mind Beehive English

    Page No: 50

    Thinking about the Text

    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 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

    Answer

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    (i) 9
    (ii) 7
    (iii) 3
    (iv) 10
    (v) 15
    (vi) 8
    (vii) 11

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    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

    (i) Einstein’s playmates thought that he was boring.


    (ii) Einstein’s headmaster thought that he was stupid and would never
    succeed at anything in life.
    (iii) Einstein’s mother thought that he was a freak.

    3. Explain what the reasons for the following are.


    (i) Einstein leaving the school in Munich for good.
    (ii) Einstein wanting to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich.
    (iii) Einstein seeing in Mileva an ally.
    (iv) What do these tell you about Einstein?

    Answer

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    (i) Einstein left the school in Munich for good because he hated the
    school’s regimentation.
    (ii) Einstein wanted to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich
    because it was a more liberal city.
    (iii) Einstein found in Mileva an ally because she, like him, disapproved of
    the “philistines” or the people who did not like art, literature or music.
    (iv) These told about Einstein that he loved freedom. He was liberal and
    cultured person.

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

    Answer

    Einstein called his desk drawer at the patent office the “bureau of
    theoretical physics”. This was because the drawer was where he used to
    store his secretly developed ideas.

    5. Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?

    Answer

    Einstein wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt to warn about bomb effect


    and also wanted to encourage them to make a bomb to utilize its
    destruction potential.

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

    Answer

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    Einstein was deeply shaken by the disaster in the Hiroshima and


    Nagasaki. He wrote a public missive to the United. He proposed the
    formation of a world government to stop the nuclear weapons.

    7. Why does the world remember Einstein as a “world citizen”?

    Answer

    Einstein is remembered as a “world citizen” as much as a genius scientist


    because of his efforts towards world peace and democracy, and for his
    crusade against the use of arms.

    8. Here are some facts from Einstein’s life. Arrange them in


    chronological order.
    [ ] Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity.
    [ ] He is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
    [ ] Einstein writes a letter to U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and
    warns against Germany’s building of an atomic bomb.
    [ ] Einstein attends a high school in Munich.
    [ ] Einstein’s family moves to Milan.
    [ ] Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.
    [ ] Einstein joins a university in Zurich, where he meets Mileva.
    [ ] Einstein dies.
    [ ] He provides a new interpretation of gravity.
    [ ] Tired of the school’s regimentation, Einstein withdraws from school.
    [ ] He works in a patent office as a technical expert.
    [ ] When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United
    States.

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    Answer

    [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 special 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 D. Roosevelt, and
    warns against Germany’s building of an atomic bomb.
    [12] Einstein dies.

    Thinking about Language

    I.

    Here are some sentences from the story. Choose the word from the
    brackets which can be substituted for the italicised words in the
    sentences.
    1. A few years later, the marriage faltered. (failed, broke, became weak)
    2. Einstein was constantly at odds with people at the university. (on bad
    terms, in disagreement, unhappy)
    3. The newspapers proclaimed his work as “a scientific revolution.”
    (declared, praised, showed)

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    4. Einstein got ever more involved in politics, agitating for an end to the
    arms buildup. (campaigning, fighting, supporting)
    5. At the age of 15, Einstein felt so stifled that he left the school for
    good, (permanently, for his benefit, for a short time)
    6. Five years later, the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin had American
    physicists in an uproar. (in a state of commotion, full of criticism, in a
    desperate state)
    7. Science wasn’t the only thing that appealed to the dashing young man
    with the walrus moustache. (interested, challenged, worried)

    Answer

    1. became weak
    2. in disagreement
    3. declared
    4. campaigning
    5. permanently
    6. in a state of commotion
    7. interested

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    II.

    Complete the sentences below by filling in the blanks with suitable


    participial clauses. The information that has to be used in the phrases is
    provided as a sentence in brackets.
    1. __________, the firefighters finally put out the fire. (They worked
    round the clock.)
    2. She watched the sunset above the mountain, __________ (She

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    noticed the colours blending softly into one another.)


    3. The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly, __________ (While it
    neighed continually.)
    4. __________, I found myself in Bangalore, instead of Benaras. (I had
    taken the wrong train.)
    5. __________, I was desperate to get to the bathroom. (I had not
    bathed for two days)
    6. The stone steps, __________ needed to be replaced. (They were
    worn down).
    7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans, __________
    (They asked him to send them his photograph.)

    Answer

    1. Working round the clock, the fire fighters finally put out the fire.
    2. She watched the sunset above the mountain, noticing the colours
    blending softly into one another.
    3. The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly, neighing continually.
    4. Having taken the wrong train, I found myself in Bangalore, instead of
    Benaras.
    5. Having not bathed for two days, I was desperate to get to the
    bathroom.
    6. The stone steps, being worn down, needed to be replaced.
    7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans, asking him to
    send them his photograph.

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