To what does the author compare the publication of Ebrights article ina scientific journal? The publishing of Ebright's article by a Prestigious scientific journal was rare because it was for the first time that the had published the work of college students The author considers it to be as special and as rare as making the big leagues at the age of fifteen or hitting a home run in the game of baseball, while batting for the first time. Why didn't Ebright have much to do at Reading? What did he do there as a child? Or How did Ebright use his time when he was in Pennsylvania? Asa child, Ebright lived in north of Reading, Pennsylvania. He did not have any company in this place, so he took to collecting things like butterflies, rocks, fossils and coins. Sometimes he even did star-gazing at nights. How did Ebright's mother help him to further his interest in learning? Although Ebright had a driving curiosity and a bright mind, his mother played a great role in furthering his interest in learning. ‘She took him on trips and bought him telescopes, microscopes, as c equipments that helped the young scientist tt of a book titled "The Travels of Monarch Se i aint i journal with his mother? very special relationship When Ebright and after that he was like uld encourage his interest inWhat had Ebright achieved by the time he was insecond grade, Ebright had developed interest in butterflies and started Collectin them. By the time he was in second grade, he had Collecteq all the twenty-five species available around his home town, Which book became a turning point in Richard Ebright's lifer How? Or How did the book The Travels of Monarch X open the world of science for Ebright? Travels of Monarch X, a book presented to Ebright by his mother, became a turning point in his life. The book told him how monarch butterflies migrate to Central America. This new knowledge opened fresh vistas of science for the young and curious boy. Why did Richard Ebright start tagging butterflies? What did he do after tagging them? An invitation was extended to the readers at the end of the book "The Travels of Monarch X" to tag butterflies for research by Dr Frederick A. rt. So, ed light adhesive tags i person who founditpwhy did Ebright lose interest in tagging butterflies? Fbright lost interest in tagging butterflies bec: tedious and cumbersome job. Besides, there was y i feedback. All through his tagging exercise, only two ah r : I recaptures utterflies ‘ause it was a very | Why did Ebright not win any prize in the county Science fair when he was in seventh grade? What lesson did he learn from this experience? Ebright's seventh grade project did not win any prize in the county science fair because he showed slides of frog tissues under a microscope, whereas the students who won prizes worked on real experiments. This experience taught Ebright that mere neat display of slides and tissues under a microscope was not enough. He would have to conduct real experiments if hewished to win. 2. When and why did Ebright choose to do insect work? After having lost the chance to win a prize at the science fair, Ebright's competitive spirit pushed him. He then chose to do insect work t was a field he had been working on in Ebrightto win prizes? Or oD Urquhart and with what result? prize in the county science fair in his write to Dr Urquhart for ideas. Dr sive research on insects and his to make many prize winning al science fairs. RT ovis wae itsHow did Ebright react after looking at the photos of the chery structure of a hormone? Ebright did not shout an exe ited "Eureka!" or I've yon iy the looking at the photos of the chemic¢ al structure of a hormone Me knew that he had found additional information about how a copy can read the blueprints of its DNA, a substance that Conitrily heredity. . Why is DNA called the blueprint for life? DNA is the substance in the nucleus of a cell that controls heredity. It determines the form and function of the cell. Thus DNA is the blueprint for life. . Who was Ebright's college room-mate? How did the two of them work on the cell theory? Ebright's college room-mate was James R. Wong, After getting ananswer to the puzzle on how the cell can read the blueprint of its DNA, they both toiled all through the night, drew pictures and constructed plastic models of the molecules to ascertain how the whole thing could really happen. Later on, they wrote It will help both ad tonew ideas thatcan nce and other diseases: __ Which different experiments/projects of Ebright in high school won him prizes inthe county and international science fairs? When in High School, Ebright undertook differe: insets at the suggestion of Dr Urquhart that w. prizes at the county and international science f For his eighth grade project, bright find out the reason behind the viral di of nearly all monareh caterpill Nt projects on ‘on him many airs. arried out experiments to sease that caused the death ars every few years Although he did not get any results from this experiment, but he won the prize forhaving tried the experiment. Next year, Ebright took up a project to verify and test the theory that the viceroy butterfly copies the monarch. Ebright's efforts resulted in the finding that starlings did not like ordinary food, but ate monarchs greedily. This project won him the first prize in the zoology division and an overall third in the county science fair. Ebright's project during his second year in high school was to find out the purpose behind the twelve gold spots on a monarch pupa. Ebright and a fellow student conducted experiments to show that the spots produced hormones which helped the butterfly in its proper and complete development. This project : first | county fair and an entry into the zineering fair where he was placed Latest a continued his advanced iis project won first place year, he grew cells that cells would ‘wing scales only if they project won him"Hobbies are a stepping stone to innovative ideas." Elaborate with reference to "The Making of a Scientist". "The Making of a Scientist" gives an extensive account of the journey of Richard Ebright as a scientist. The foundation of Ebright's scientific temperament lay in the hobbies that he pursued during his childhood. Since he was the only child whg grew up in a small place where much could not be done, he developed the hobby of collecting things. This hobby shaped his interest in a variety of fields like rocks, fossils, coins and even stars. He would spend entire evenings in the company of his mother who would find such work for him through which he could learn things. This interesting use of time developed in him a liking for knowledge and he started learning more and more His hobby to collec things piped him in the various projects ok up like ging butterflies for an hobbies gradually le¢ y on the life of cells. |