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Unit 4 Was Einstein a Space Alien?
Text A
Content Questions
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P.99
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1.
He worked as a
“
Technical Expert, Third
Class
”
. He needed the job to
support his young
family.
2.
He published
five of the most important papers in the history
of science. This is because
they proved
that atoms and molecules existed, laid the
foundation for quantum mechanics,
describe the theory of special
relativity, and advanced the famous equation:
E=mc2
3.
He
developed the Theory of Universal Gravitation
then.
4.
Because
his ideas were far ahead of other scientists of
his time.
5.
He
meant that like other scientists Einstein was a
man of his time. If he
hadn
’
t been born,
his 1905 papers would eventually have
been written in some form by others.
6.
What
was
remarkable
about
1905
is
that
year
a
single
person
authored
five
of
the
most
improtant papers in science. Einstein
proposed in 1905 that light is particulate and for
this
he won the Nobel Prize in 1921.
7.
Because
if
you
did
so
you
would
find
yourself
disagreeing
with
phisicist
James
Clerk
Maxwell, an Authority
Figure who had proved that light was an
electomagnetic wave.
8.
He was not at all concerned about
authority. He hated being told what was true.
9.
Science was
dinner-table conversation in the Einstein
household when he was young. His
interest in science came naturally.
10.
He credited
his discoveries to imagination and endless
questioning more so that otthodox
intelligence.
11.
He
struggled
to
produce
a
unified
field
theory,
combinging
gravity
with
other
forces
of
nature, but he failed.
12.
He found
Einstein
’
s brain looked much
like any other.
Text
Organization
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P.100
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1.
(P
.100)
Parts
Part One
Part Two
Part
Three
Paragraphs
Paras. 1-3
Paras. 4-12
Paras. 13-21
Main Ideas
A young husband
and father, Albert Einstein
had to work
hard to support his family.
Einstein
made
astonishing
achievements
in
physics and thus
revolutionized the field.
Einstein
’
s
discoveries were attributable to his
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imagination,
questioning,
disregard
for
authority,
powers
of
concentration,
and
interest in science.
Part
Four
2.
(P
.100)
1). He
felt all the pressure and responsibility of any
young husband and father.
2). Galison:
If Einstein
hadn
’
t
been born, his
1905 papers
would have been written in
some
form by others.
3). Other physicists like Max Planck,
more senior and experienced than Einstein, were
closing
in on the answer, but he got
there first.
4).
Einstein
himself
credited
his
discoveries
to
imagination
and
questioning
more
so
than
orthodox intelligence.
5).
He failed in producing a unified field theory.
6). His brain looked much like any
other.
Paras. 22-23
Einstein was not space alien.
Language Sense Enhancement (P.101)
I.
1)
concentration
2)
lie down
3)
balance
4) engross himself in
5)
stimulated
6)
more so
7)
curious
8) assessment
9)
credited
10) intelligence
Language Focus (P.103)
Vocabulary
1.
(P. 104)
1)
accordingly
2)
loose
3)
concentration
4)
stimulating
5)
fabric
6)
if anything
7)
reality
8)
intuition
9)
trifle
10)
at the turn of the century
11)
mess
12)
undermine
2.
(P.
105)
1)
approve
of
2)
slow
down
3)
take in
4)
sucked into
5)
set
…
apart
6)
dozed off
7)
call forth
8)
stretch into
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