Solution of Chapter 4. Truly Beautiful Mind (NCERT - Beehive Book)

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.

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.

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 Munich.

(iii) Einstein seeing in Mileva an ally.

(iv) What do these tell you about Einstein?

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

Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?

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

Why does the world remember Einstein as a 'world citizen'?

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 US 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.

Here are some sentences from the story. Choose the word from the brackets which can be substituted for the italicized words in the sentences.

1. A few years later, his 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)

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)

● Einstein became a gifted amateur violinist, maintaining this skill throughout his life.

● Letters survive in which they put their affection into words, mixing science with tenderness.

The parts in italics in the above sentences begin with -ing verbs, and are called participle phrases. Participle phrases say something more about the person or thing talked about or the idea expressed by the sentence as a whole.

For Example:

Einstein became a gifted amateur violinist. He maintained this skill throughout his life.

Complete the sentences below by filling in the blanks with suitable participle 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 around the clock.)

2. She watched the sunset above the mountain........... (She noticed the colors 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.)

What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about.

(i) The three things the poet wants-to do when he would go back there. (Stanza I)

(ii) What he hears and sees there (Stanza II) and its effect on him?

(iii) What he hears in his "heart's core" even when he is far away from Innisfree? (Stanza III)

By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a temple, natural place, full of beauty and peace.

How does the poet contrast it with where he now stands? (Read at stanza III)

Do you think Innisfree is only a place, or a state of mind? Does the poet actually miss the place of his boyhood days?

Look at the words and the poet uses to describe- what he sees and hears at Innisfree.

(i) Bee-loud glade.

(ii) Evenings full of the linnet's wings.

(iii) Lake water lapping with low sounds.

What pictures do these words create in your mind?

Look at these words:

... peace comes dropping slow.

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings

What do these words mean to you? What do you think “comes dropping slow ... from the veils of the morning?" What does “to where the cricket sings “mean?