CBSE Class 10 English Footprints Without Feet - The Making of a Scientist Summary
Author: Robert W Peterson
Robert W Peterson was a famous American newspaper writer who later became a freelance author of magazine articles. He wrote with authority, particularly on the topics of sports and scouting. He was born in 1925 in Pennsylvania in the USA and died of lung cancer on 11 February 2006
This prose is about a renowned scientist, Richard Ebright who was a bright yet curious child from the early years of his life. He was very fond of collecting butterflies and when he was in second grade, he had already collected 25 species of butterflies in his home town. His mother always encouraged him in his efforts and gifted him a book named ‘The Travels of Monarch X’.
The book was a turning point in his life as it opened the world of science to him. It explained how monarch butterflies would migrate to Central America and made him more eager to explore about the species. Soon, he participated in the county science fair and understood that he needed to do something exceptional. He continued with his efforts until he made a place for himself in the fair with valid experiments.
Later in his eighth grade project, he tried to discover the disease caused by a virus that nearly killed most of the monarch caterpillars every year. Ebright assumed that a beetle may be the carrier of the disease, so he started breeding caterpillars along with beetles. However, he didn’t get any results from this experiment. Nevertheless, he exhibited this experiment in the county science fair and won the competition that year.
During the second year of high school, Ebright started his scientific research about the discovery of a mysterious insect hormone, which led to his brand-new theory on the life of cells. His experiment was to find the main purpose of the twelve tiny golden spots on a monarch pupa. His project won first prize in a county science fair and he got an opportunity to work at the entomology lab in Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
As a junior in high school, he went on with his upgraded experiments on the monarch pupa and finally was successful in identifying the chemical structure of hormones. One fine day, while he was checking the X-ray photos of the chemical structure of a hormone, he understood how the cell could ‘read’ the blueprint of its DNA.
Ebright and his room-mate in college, James R. Wong, worked day and night and drew pictures and constructed plastic models of molecules to illustrate how DNA works. This was a major leap in Ebright’s career as he secured a graduation degree from Harvard with the highest honours and stood second in a class of 1,510 students. His work was also published in a science magazine. Soon, he became a graduate student researcher at Harvard Medical School and started working on other experiments.
Richard Ebright was a straight-A student in high school. Besides, he took interest in debate, public speaking and was also a good canoeist and an all-rounder outdoor person. He always had a competitive nature and zeal to give his best to everything that he put his hands into. Out-and-out, he had all the key ingredients of a brilliant scientist starting with a first-rate mind blended with curiosity and a mix of will-power to win for the right reasons.
Summary:เคธाเคฐांเคถ This poem is a humorous ballad that presents a piece of writing in a funny way. A little girl Belinda is described in this poem, with many pets whom she had named. She has named the black kitten as Ink, grey mouse as Blink, yellow dog as Mustard and a coward dragon as Custard. The poet has beautifully described all these characters in the poem. He says that all of them are very brave except the dragon. But his perception changes when the dragon saves everyone from the attack of pirates on Belinda’s house. เคฏเคน เคเคตिเคคा เคเค เคนाเคธ्เคฏเคชूเคฐ्เคฃ เคाเคฅाเคीเคค เคนै เคो เคฎเคाเคिเคฏा เค ंเคฆाเค เคฎें เคฒेเคเคจ เคा เคเค เค ंเคถ เคช्เคฐเคธ्เคคुเคค เคเคฐเคคा เคนै। เคเคธ เคเคตिเคคा เคฎें เคเค เคोเคी เคฒเคก़เคी เคฌेเคฒिंเคกा เคा เคตเคฐ्เคฃเคจ เคिเคฏा เคเคฏा เคนै, เคिเคธเคे เคเค เคชाเคฒเคคू เคाเคจเคตเคฐ เคนैं, เคिเคจเคा เคเคธเคจे เคจाเคฎ เคฐเคा เคฅा। เคเคธเคจे เคाเคฒी เคฌिเคฒ्เคฒी เคे เคฌเค्เคे เคो เคंเค, เค्เคฐे เคฎाเคเคธ เคो เคฌ्เคฒिंเค, เคชीเคฒे เคुเคค्เคคे เคो เคฎเคธ्เคเคฐ्เคก เคเคฐ เคเคธ्เคเคฐ्เคก เคก्เคฐैเคเคจ เคो เคเคธ्เคเคฐ्เคก เคจाเคฎ เคฆिเคฏा เคนै। เคเคตि เคจे เคเคตिเคคा เคฎें เคเคจ เคธเคญी เคชाเคค्เคฐों เคा เคธुंเคฆเคฐ เคตเคฐ्เคฃเคจ เคिเคฏा เคนै। เคตเคน เคเคนเคคा เคนै เคि เค เคเคเคฐ เคो เคोเคก़เคเคฐ เคธเคญी เคฌเคนुเคค เคฌเคนाเคฆुเคฐ เคนैं। เคฒेเคिเคจ เคเคจเคी เคงाเคฐเคฃा เคคเคฌ เคฌเคฆเคฒ เคाเคคी เคนै เคเคฌ เคก्เคฐैเคเคจ เคฌेเคฒिंเคก...
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