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About the Author- Robert W. Peterson
Robert W. Peterson – A Short Biography

About the Author

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. 

INTRODUCTION 

Richard H. Ebright is one of the leas. ding scientists. He has contributed significantly to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. When Ebright was a little child, he used to collect butterflies, rocks, fossils and coins. He was an eager star-gazer also. But he was mainly interested in butterflies. During his school as well as college days, he did many experiments for which he was awarded many prizes. Most of his experiments were on butterflies. These experiments were a milestone in the world of science. 

Theme of the Story

The Making of a Scientist is the story of a scientist named Richard H Ebright. It is an interesting study of how Ebright became a scientist. After the early death of her husband, Ebright was everything for his mother. He used to get top grades in schools. At a very early age, when he was just in the second standard, he had already collected 25 species of butterflies found around his hometown. The book The Travels of Monarch X gave him a thorough knowledge about the monarch butterflies. In the second year of his high school, Ebright began to search for an unknown hormone in the gold spots of butterflies. In later years, he discovered how a cell could read the blueprint of its DNA. 

WORD-MEANINGS 

Scout = member of an organisation  excited = ecstatic cells = a very minute unit of living matter string = line  kindergarten = school for children determination = firmness of purpose fossils= prehistoric remains astronomer = one who studies astronomy Curiosity = inquisitiveness telescopes = device to view far away objects microscopes = device to see very minute objects physical = relating to the body  hairstreak = a butterfly species purplish = having purple colour Melissa = a butterfly species variegated = having lines of different colours  crescent = shaped like the half moon  hackberry = a butterfly species monarch = a butterfly species Ouch migrate = move from one place to the other collector = one who collects things 
Adhesive = sticky tagged = attached string chase = follow  flock = group basement = caterpillar = larva of a butterfly  pupa = early stage of a butterfly adult = fully grown development = growth gossamer-winged = having very thin wings  eventually = tedious , tough, boring feedback = response recaptured = caught again 
Slides = small thin glass strips tissues = mass of cells  neat = clean display = show stack = many viral disease = disease caused by virus  beetle = an insect  copy = imitate  starling = a bird probably = perhaps Insect hormone = hormone of an insect  tiny = small spots = marks assumed = thought ornamental = decorative excellent = superb device = an instrument entomology = science dealing with insects culture = a process of testing fed = gave food sophisticated = advanced  identify = to know  structure = construction puzzles = problems blueprint = basis 
Nucleus =centre heredity =coming from forefathers molecules = smallest units processes = methods preventing = hindering champion debater = superb in debates canoeist = sailor of a small boat exhibits = displays competitive = the spirit of competition  ingredients = contents