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A Truly Beautiful Mind Class 9, A Truly Beautiful Mind Introduction, This chapter is about Albert Einstein. He was a great scientist. The title of the chapter ‘A Truly, Beautiful Mind’ refers to Albert Einstein. This is a short biography of his where some of his, qualities have been highlighted – Albert’s interest in Mathematics and Physics and also his, humanitarian attribute., The title – ‘A Truly Beautiful Mind’ makes one wonder how can a scientist’s mind be beautiful. It, is so because in this lesson we come across another aspect of Einstein. He was a humanitarian., He advocated world peace, non – violence and that is why the title refers to him as a truly, beautiful mind., , A truly Beautiful Mind Summary, Albert Einstein was born on 14th March in 1879, in the German city of Ulm. Till the age of two, and a half years, he could not speak and when he started speaking, he spoke every word twice., His playmates considered him to be boring and his mother thought that he was crazy because, of the abnormally large size of his head. At school, his headmaster regarded him as stupid and, good for nothing., But he proved them all wrong. At the age of 6, at the insistence of his mother, he learned to, play the violin. He became a gifted violinist. At the age of 15, his family moved to Munich. He did, not feel comfortable with the strict discipline at the school and left it., On completing his schooling, he joined the University at Zurich because the atmosphere there, was more liberal, and accepted new ideas and concepts. He showed more interest in Physics, and Mathematics., He met a fellow student, Mileva Maric at the University. She was equally intelligent and clever., Later on, they married and had 2 sons but unfortunately, their marriage did not survive, and, were divorced in 1919., After completing his education, Albert worked as a technical expert in the patent office at Bern., Here, he worked secretly on his idea of relativity. In 1915, he published his paper on the special, theory of relativity, followed by the world-famous equation E = mc2.In 1915, he published his, paper on General Theory of Relativity, which gave an absolutely new definition to the concept, of gravity. This theory made him a famous figure., In 1919, during the solar eclipse, his theory came out to be accurate and revolutionized physics., In 1933, he emigrated to the USA as Nazis had come to power in Germany. He did not want his, finding and research to be used for destruction., In 1938, when Germany discovered the principle of Nuclear Fission, he was the first person to, write to the American President about the dangers of the atomic bombs. In 1945, when, America dropped the Atomic Bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, he was deeply hurt and wrote, to the United Nations for the formation of a world government to prevent the recurrence of, such destruction., , A truly Beautiful Mind Question Answers, 1. What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office? Why?, A. He called his desk drawer at the patent office ‘the bureau of theoretical physics’ because he

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stored his secret papers on ideas on physics there., 2. Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?, A. Einstein feared that the Germans under the rule of the Nazis had developed the atomic, bomb and could misuse it. He wrote to the president of the USA to warn him of this, development., 3. How did Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?, A. Einstein was deeply shaken by the disaster caused in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He wrote a, public missive to the United Nations demanding the formation of a world government to stop, the development of nuclear weapons., 4. Why does the world remember Einstein as a “world citizen”?, A. Einstein was a ‘world citizen’ because of his efforts for world peace and non – violence., , Extra Questions and Answers Short Answer Type, Question 1., What did Einstein‘s mother think him to be? Why?, Answer:, Einstein‘s mother thought him to be a ‘freak’ or someone with an unusual physical abnormality or, behavioural problem. She thought of him as a freak because his head seemed too large to her. This, made him look different from the other children of his age., Question 2., What did Einstein‘s playmates call hm? Why?, Answer:, Einstein‘s playmates called him ‘Brother Boring’ as he could not mix up with other children., Neither did he find their games interesting nor did he know how to interact with other children. Also, he, did not talk till he was two-and-a-half years old, and even then he repeated each word twice. This made, his company boring to his playmates., Question 3., What did Einstein say about his newly born sister? Why?, Answer:, Einstein always played alone with his mechanical toys. He did not have any playmates as the other, children found him boring. When his sister, Maja, was born, he looked at his newborn sister and asked, “Fine, but where are her wheels?”, Question 4.

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Which musical instrument did Einstein begin to learn? Why?, Answer:, Einstein began to learn playing the violin at the young age of six because his mother wanted him to. He, kept this interest alive throughout his life and became a gifted amateur violinist., Question 5., How did Einstein fare in high school?, Answer:, Although as a young child Einstein was very slow, still while studying in Munich, he showed great, progress in almost all the subjects and scored very good marks in almost all the subjects. He had special, interest in Maths and Physics. Later on, he became a great scientist., Question 6., Who was Mileva Marie? Where did Einstein meet her?, Answer:, Mileva Marie was a Serbian student who had come to Zurich University to study because was one of the, few universities in Europe where women could get degrees. Einstein met at the University. He found her, to be a clever girl. She also shared similar interests in art, literature and music and he developed special, interest in her. Later they got married, Question 7., Why did Albert Einstein see an ally in Mileva Marie?, Answer:, Einstein saw in Mileva Marie, a fellow student at the Zurich University, an ally against the “Philistines”, — those people in his family and at the university who did not like art, literature or music with whom he, was constantly at odds. In addition, she was intelligent and he found her to be a “clever creature”.