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InglêsInterpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
Código
ce166472
Banca
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão
TBG
Ano
2023
Nível
Superior
Text CB1A2-I

        Oppenheimer’s brief advance into astrophysics began with a 1938 paper about neutron stars, which continued in a 1939 installment that further incorporated the principles of Einstein’s general theory of relativity. He then published a third paper on black holes on September 1st, 1939—but at the time, it was scarcely noticed because this was the very day Germany invaded Poland, launching World War II. Oppenheimer never wrote on the topic again.
        Even if it hadn’t been overshadowed by war, Oppenheimer’s work on neutron stars and black holes “was not understood to be terribly significant at the time,” says Cathryn Carson, a historian of science at the University of California, Berkeley.
        Each paper was written with a different member of the swarm of graduate students that Oppenheimer carefully cultivated. These protégés facilitated his ability to jump between research topics—and ultimately, helped him develop some of his most important contributions to physics.
        Oppenheimer’s climactic third paper, written with his student Hartland Snyder, explores the implications of general relativity on the universe’s most massive stars. Although the physicists needed to include some assumptions to simplify the question, they determined that a large enough star would gravitationally collapse indefinitely—and within a finite amount of time, meaning that the objects we now know as black holes could exist.

Internet: <scientificamerican.com> (adapted)
Based on text CB1A2-I, judge the following item.According to Cathryn Carson, Oppenheimer’s work on neutron stars and black holes was meaningless at the time it was developed.
  1. CCerto
  2. EErrado
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GabaritoE — Errado

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Compreensão de texto: significado do trabalho de Oppenheimer

❌ ERRADO. O item afirma que Cathryn Carson teria dito que o trabalho de Oppenheimer sobre estrelas de nêutrons e buracos negros foi "sem sentido" (meaningless) na época. Porém, o texto diz exatamente o oposto: Carson afirmou que o trabalho "não foi entendido como terrivelmente significativo" (not understood to be terribly significant) — ou seja, foi considerado pouco importante, não que fosse desprovido de valor. A palavra "meaningless" é muito mais forte e distorce a fala da historiadora.

Trecho do texto:

"Even if it hadn’t been overshadowed by war, Oppenheimer’s work on neutron stars and black holes 'was not understood to be terribly significant at the time,' says Cathryn Carson..."

A expressão "not terribly significant" indica baixa relevância percebida, e não ausência total de significado. Portanto, a afirmação do item é incorreta.

Gabarito: Errado (E).

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