Chapter - 6
The Making of a Scientist
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Think about it
1. How can one become a scientist. an economist, a historian... ? Done it simply involve reading many books on the subject ? Does it involve observing, thinking and doing experiments ?
ā§§. āĻāĻāύ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύী āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻāĻāύ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিāĻŦিāĻĻ, āĻāĻāύ āĻāϤিāĻšাāϏāĻŦিāĻĻ... ? āĻāĻāĻো āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে āύেāĻি āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻোā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻিāϤাāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸ়া āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻুāĻ্āϤ āĻāĻে? āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻŦেāĻ্āώāĻŖ, āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°ু āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώা-āύিā§°ীāĻ্āώা āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻুāĻ্āϤ āĻĨাāĻে āύেāĻি?
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2. You must have read about cells and DNA in your science books. Discuss Richard Ebright's work in the light of what you have studied. If you get an opportunity to work like Richard Ebright on projects and experiments, which field would you like to work on and why?
⧍. āĻāĻĒুāύি āύিāĻļ্āĻāϝ় āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ⧰ āĻিāϤাāĻĒāϤ āĻোāώ āĻā§°ু āĻĄিāĻāύāĻā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻĒāĻĸ়িāĻে। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি āĻ āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āĻā§°িāĻে āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻĒ্ā§°েāĻ্āώিāϤāϤ ā§°িāĻাā§°্āĻĄ āĻāĻŦ্ā§°াāĻāĻā§° āĻাāĻŽā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°āĻ। āϝāĻĻি āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāϞ্āĻĒ āĻā§°ু āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώা-āύিā§°ীāĻ্āώাāϤ ā§°িāĻাā§°্āĻĄ āĻāĻŦ্ā§°াāĻāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°াā§° āϏুāϝোāĻ āĻĒাāϝ়, āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻোāύāĻো āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে āĻā§°ু āĻিāϝ়?
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Talk about it
1. Children everywhere wonder about the world around them. The questions they ask are the beginning of scientific inquiry. Given below are some questions that children in India have asked Professor Yash Pal and Dr Rahul Pal as reported in their book, Discovered Questions (NCERT, 2006).
ā§§. āϏāĻāϞো āĻ াāĻāϤে āĻļিāĻļুā§ąে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞ⧰ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻšāϝ়। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϏোāϧা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§° āĻŦৈāĻ্āĻাāύিāĻ āĻ āύুāϏāύ্āϧাāύ⧰ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖি। āϤāϞāϤ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে āϝিāĻŦোā§° āĻাā§°āϤ⧰ āĻļিāĻļুā§ąে āĻ āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāĻ āϝāĻļ āĻĒাāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĄā§Ļ ā§°াāĻšুāϞ āĻĒাāϞāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻিāϤাāĻĒ āĻĄিāϏ্āĻāĻাā§°্āĻĄ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ (āĻāύāĻিāĻāĻā§°āĻি, 2006)āϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°া āĻ āύুāϏ⧰ি āϏুāϧিāĻে। (i) What is DNA fingerprinting? What are its uses? (ii) How do honeybees identify their own honeycombs? (iii) Why does rain fall in drops?
(āĻ) āĻĄিāĻāύāĻ āĻĢিংāĻাā§°āĻĒ্ā§°িāĻŖ্āĻিং āĻি? āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻি?
(āĻ) āĻŽৌāĻŽাāĻিāĻŦোā§°ে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻŽৌāĻাāĻ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻিāύাāĻ্āϤ āĻā§°ে?
(āĻ) āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻোāĻĒাāϞāϤ āĻিāϝ় āĻĒā§°ে?
Can you answer these questions? You will find Professor Yash Pal's and Dr Rahul Pal's answers (as given in Discovered Questions) on page 75.
āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে? āĻāĻĒুāύি 75 āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ াāϤ āĻ āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāĻ āϝāĻļ āĻĒাāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĄ. ā§°াāĻšুāϞ āĻĒাāϞ⧰ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ (āĻā§ąিāώ্āĻৃāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻ āύুāϏ⧰ি) āĻĒাāĻŦ।
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2. You also must have wondered about certain things around you. Share these questions with your class, and try and answer them.
⧍. āĻāĻĒুāύি āύিāĻļ্āĻāϝ়ে āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞ⧰ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻšৈāĻে। āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻাāĻ āĻŦāϤ⧰া āĻā§°āĻ, āĻā§°ু āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°āĻ।
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