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Something of Myself

Something of Myself is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Something of Myself rather than just read about it. In short: Something of Myself: for my friends known and unknown is the autobiography of Rudyard Kipling. Kipling wrote it in the last year of his life; the unfinished text was prepared for publication by his wife.

Key takeaways

Something of Myself belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Something of Myself to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Something of Myself from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Something of Myself: for my friends known and unknown is the autobiography of Rudyard Kipling. Kipling wrote it in the last year of his life; the unfinished text was prepared for publication by his wife. It has remained in print since its first publication in 1937.

Creation and publication Kipling began work on the autobiography on 1 August 1935, and was last reported to work on it (doing revisions) on 26 December of the same year. He died on 18 January 1936. The unfinished manuscript was edited and prepared for publication by his wife, Caroline Starr Balestier. After preliminary printing of selections from the text in a number of newspapers, the book was published by Macmillan, Kipling's established UK publisher, on 21 December 1937. Kipling had stated the intention to deal in this account with "his life from the point of view of his work". He thus focuses on describing the inspiration, genesis and workmanship of his literary creations while remaining reticent on most facets of his private life that are not directly connected to his works.

References

External links Introduction and notes on the text by Thomas Pinney (adapted from 1995 Cambridge University Press edition), on the website of the Kipling Society

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Something of Myself

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Something of Myself claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Something of Myself before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Something of Myself ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Something of Myself

In research: Something of Myself appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Something of Myself in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Something of Myself is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1937 non-fiction books, Autobiographies, Books by Rudyard Kipling, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Something of Myself outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Something of Myself in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Something of Myself means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Something of Myself out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Something of Myself in simple terms?

Why does Something of Myself matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Something of Myself?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Something of Myself.