Most important Question Answers 

  Lesson 3 ( A Truly Beautiful Mind)

Question 01

Who had these questions about Einstein ? 

1-He was boring ?

Answer

Einsteinw's playmates said that he was boring .

2-He was stupid and would never succeed in life?

Answer

A headmaster of Einstein's school said that he was stupid and would never succeed in life .

3-He was a freak ?

Answer

Einstein's mother thought that he was a freak .

03-   Explain what the reason for the following are ;

1- Einstein leaving the school in Munch for good ?

Answer-

Einstein was a good student .He did not like the strict discipline . He had confrontation with his teacher s. So he decided to leave the school in Munch for good .

2- Einstein wanted to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich ?

Answer-

Einstein wanted to study in Switzerland  because it was more liberal than Munich .

3- Einstein seeing in Mileva all ally ?

Answer-

Einstein opposed the uncultured people both at home and at the university .He found that Mileva had similar views . So he felt that she could be his ally in supporting his views .

4- What do these tell you about Einstein ?

Answer-

All these things show that he was a liberal and cultured person .He loved freedom . He did not like orthodox views .

Question 03

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

Answer-

Einstein jokingly called his desk drawer the bureau of theoretical Physics . He called it so because he was using it to develop his own theories .

Question 04 

Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt ?

Answer

In Germany the Nazis had come to power, the scientists there discovered nuclear fission. They could use this discovery to make atom bomb . Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt to apprise him of the extent of the destruction caused by this bomb .

Question 05

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

Answer

Einstein was deeply shocked when America dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He wished that discoveries of science must not be used to cause destruction . He wrote an open letter to the United Nations against such use. He proposed the formation of a world Government .

Question 06

Why does the world remember Einstein as a world citizen ?

Answer

Einstein campaigned for world peace and democracy . He worked not for any one nation but for humanity . He belonged to the whole world . That is why the world remember him as a world citizen .