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Richard E.Bright published his theory about how cells work in an article. Where was it publicated ?
Proceedings of the national academy of science
Where did Richard E.Bright grow up ?
Reading, Pennsylvania
Name the book that was the turning point of Richard's life.
The Travels of Monarch X
By the time he was second grade, Ebright had collected how many species of butterflies ?
25
Dr Frederick A. Urquhart belonged to which university ?
University of Toronto, Canada
What did Ebright present in the county science fair when he was in seventh grade
Slides of frog tissue
What did Ebright do for his eighth grade project ? Did he win ?
Tried to find the cause of a viral disease that kills nearly all the monarch caterpillars every few years. This time, he had won.
What did Ebright do for his ninth grade project ? Did he win, if so which position ?
He tested the theory that viceroy butterflies copy monarchs. His project was placed first in the zoology division and third overall in the county science fair.
In which year did Ebright win first place in the county science fair and for what ?
In his second year in high school, Richard Ebright began the researh that led to his discovery of an unknown insect hormone. The question he tried to answer was simple: What is the purpose of the twelve tiny gold spots on a monarch pupa? To find the answer, Ebright and another excellent science student first had to build a device that showed that the spots were producing a hormone necessary for the butterfly's full development. This project won Ebright first place in the county fair and entry into the International Science and Engineering Fair. There he won third place for zoology.
Mention other interests of Ebright.
Ebright also became a champion debater and public speaker and a good canoeist and all-around outdoors-person. He is also an expert photographer, particularly of nature and scientific exhibits.
Mention Richard E.Bright's achievements at Harvard.
Surprising no one who knew him, Richard Ebright graduated from Harvard with highest honours, second in his class of 1,510. Ebright went on to become a graduate student researcher at Harvard Medical School.
What did Richard E.Bright do in his senior year ? Did he win in the science fair ? Where did he do his graduation ?
In his senior year, he grew cells from a monarch's wing in a culture and showed that the cells would divide and develop into normal butterfly wing scales only if they were fed the hormone from the gold spots. That project won first place for zoology at the International Fair. He spent the summer after graduation doing further work at the army laboratory and at the laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Explain the role of Ebright's mother in his life.
His mother encouraged his interest in learning. She took him on trips, bought him telescopes, microscopes, cameras, mounting materials, and other equipment and helped him in many other ways. Ebright's mother was his friend until he started going to school. She and her son spent almost every evening at the dining room table.
"Richard would always give that extra effort" Explain with examples.
In high school Richard Ebright was a straight-A student. Because learning was easy, he turned a lot of his energy towards the Debating and Model United Nations clubs. He put in three or four hours at night doing debate research besides doing all his research with butterflies and his other interests.
Mention the qualities Richard has, that makes him a scientist.
The author mentions three qualities that go into the making of a scientist—a first-rate mind, curiosity, and the will to win for the right reasons. Richard Ebright was a very intelligent student. He was also a champion debater, a public speaker, a good canoeist and an expert photographer. He always gave that extra effort. He was competitive, but for the right reasons. From the first he had a driving curiosity along with a bright mind; and it was this curiosity that ultimately led him to his theory about cell life.