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From: Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de>
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Subject: Re: How did Einstein Develop his Field Equations? When: A. He
 admitted having little math
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 07:49:05 +0100
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Am Freitag000003, 03.01.2025 um 21:30 schrieb Mild Shock:
> Hi,
> 
> Einstein had further sympathetic features:
> 
> 1. avid sailor, owned several small boats
>     Einstein: Yes      Poincaré: No
> 
> 2. talking walks with Gödel in Princeton
>     Einstein: Yes      Poincaré: No
> 
> 3. Answering "I am a pacifist and a scientist."
>     to U.S. immigration authorities:
>     Einstein: Yes      Poincaré: No
> 
> 4. Easy memes like Einstein / Zweistein / Dreistein
> https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/583919907970845584/
>     Einstein: Yes      Poincaré: No
> 
> 5. What else?
> 

Sure, Einstein was certainly interesting.

Einstein was also a good musician and could play violin.

He was most likely fluent in French, because he was friend with people, 
who didn't speak German (Marie Curie, for instance, or George Lemaitre).

Poincare, on the other hand, was an extremely good mathematician and 
also a very productive theoretical physicist.

So, whom would you chose as - say- professor in theoretical physics???

Einstein would make an excellent musician, but Poincare would be the 
better physicist, of course, because playing the violin wasn't necessary 
for a physicist.

Also sailing small boats or talking with Gödel is nice, but not really a 
requirement for a physics professor.


TH

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TH