A Truly Beautiful Mind & The Lake Isle of Innisfree

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Einstein didn't start talking until he was two-and-a-half years old. When he finally did speak, he would utter everything twice. His parents were so worried that they thought he might never speak norm…

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A word used disapprovingly to talk about a person who is unusual and doesn't behave, look or think like others. Einstein's mother initially thought he was a freak because his head seemed too large.

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Einstein said, 'Fine, but where are her wheels?' This showed his fascination with mechanical toys and his logical, practical way of thinking even as a child.

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Einstein hated the school's regimentation (strict discipline) and often clashed with his teachers. He felt so stifled (suffocated) by the rigid system that he left the school for good.

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Mileva Maric was a fellow student at the University of Zurich whom Einstein called a 'clever creature.' She was a young Serbian woman studying at one of the few European universities that accepted wom…

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According to the Special Theory of Relativity, time and distance are not absolute (fixed). Two perfectly accurate clocks will show different times if one has been moving very fast relative to the othe…

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E = mc². In this equation: E stands for energy, m stands for mass, and c stands for the speed of light in a vacuum (about 300,000 km/s). This formula describes the relationship between mass and energy…

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Einstein worked as a technical expert assessing other people's inventions. However, he was secretly developing his own scientific ideas. He jokingly called his desk drawer the 'bureau of theoretical p…