How Einstein Learned Physics
He was very good at maths at home but at Uni he was average, though scored well in physics classes. The attitude of Einstein displayed in this essay reminds me of a story about another brilliant man who would fall asleep during presentations. His reason being he was only interested in his problems, not other peoples' problems. Einstein demonstrated the most common quality in genius: sustained focus. Which reminds me of the story about a famous golfer playing at St. Andrews and is about to make an important shot when a train goes by. He makes the shot and someone asks him if the train distracted him. What train? he replied. Hmmm, what was that about focus, I'll go back to watching TV now.
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