THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST ~Robert W. Peterson
por Charul Garg
1. Raised flock of butterflies
1.1. In his Basement
1.2. From egg to catterpillar to adult
1.3. Started losing interest in tagging butterflies
1.3.1. Tedious work
1.3.2. No feedback
1.3.3. Two butterflies were recaptured
2. In Third Grade
2.1. Lost his father
3. Wrote to Dr. Urquhart for ideas
3.1. Real experiments
3.2. Stack of suggestions
3.3. County and International Fairs
4. During Seventh Grade
4.1. County Science Fair
4.2. Slides of frog tissues
4.3. Lost the competition
5. During eighth grade
5.1. Tried to find cause of viral disease killing monarchs
5.2. Won first prize
6. Science fair project
6.1. Viceroy butterflies copy Monarchs
6.2. found that starling eat monarchs
6.3. First division for zoology
7. Second year in high school
7.1. Discovery of unknown insect hormone
7.2. Purpose of gold spots on monarch pupa
7.3. First place in county fair
7.4. Entry into International Science and Engineering fair
7.5. Got chance to work at entomology laboratory of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
8. Got chance to work in army laboratory by winning first place at International Science fair
9. Based on life of Richard H. Ebright (journey of Scientist)
10. His Childhood
10.1. Reading,Pennsylvania
10.2. Only child No football or baseball
10.3. Collect things
10.3.1. Rocks
10.3.2. Fossils
10.3.3. Coins
10.3.4. Butterflies
10.4. Star Gazing
10.5. Bright Mind
11. His Mother (Only Companion of Him)
11.1. Encouraged his interests
11.2. Bought many things
11.2.1. Telescope
11.2.2. Microscopes
11.2.3. Cameras
11.2.4. Mounting materials
12. During Second Grade
12.1. Collected all 25 species of butterflies around his hometown
12.2. Thought of end of butterfly collecting
12.3. His mother brought him book 'The Travels Of Monarch X'
12.3.1. Taught him related to migration of monarch butterflies
12.3.2. At the end, were asked to tag butterflies for Research
12.3.3. Dr. Frederick A. Urquhart
12.3.4. University of Toronto,Canada
12.3.5. Tagged many monarchs
13. After his freshmen year at Harvard University, identified the chemical structure of hormone secreted by spots on monarchs
14. At the age of twenty two
14.1. With his college mate James R. Wong
14.2. Explained theory on how cells work
14.3. In the article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
14.4. Graduated with highest honours
14.4.1. Second in class of 1510