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?