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Einstein's Early Life Reveals Roots of Genius
The article draws on Einstein private papers to recount his birth in Ulm on March 14, 1879, his mother's fears of deformity, and a boyhood marked by a nonverbal mind and rapid temper. It details family influences, schooling in Munich, and early prompts toward relativity and quantum theory.
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New York Times
Science
Walter Sullivan
Albert Einstein
Princeton University Press
New York Times News Service
NEW York
Ulm
Germany
Grandmama
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N.J
Einstein
Israel
Berlin
Gerald Holton
Harvard University
Holton
Maja Winteler-Einstein
Maja
Munich
Hermann
Pauline Kock
Albert
Julius Koch
Rochs
Einsteins
Wurttemberggion
Enstein
Jakob Einstein
Casar Koch
Russia
Casar
Harvard University Press
Fall
Milan
Polytechnic Institute
Zurich
Federal Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aarau
James Clerk Maxwell
England
Poly
Berne
Mileva Maric