Chapter 4 – Extraordinary Behaviours
Extraordinary facts about an extraordinary man
Read the text and answer the questions.
1 What are the two possible explanations for the story that Einstein was a bad student?
2 What information suggests that Einstein’s wife was involved in his scientific works?
3 According to the Theory of Relativity, is there a strong or weak connection between time and space?
4 What did Einstein win the Nobel Prize for?
5 In what two ways was Einstein’s brain unusual?
6 What proved that he was very good at Math since he was very young?
7 The Theory of Relativity was the collaboration of Einstein and whom? What was the proof of this?
8 What was the change in the Theory of Relativity by Einstein and by other scientists?
9 Why does the article say that Einstein’s brain was special?
10 Would you like your brain’s ability to be checked out the same ways Eistein’s was? Why or why not?