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| [00:02.13]My Friend, Albert Einstein [00:04.96]He was one of the greatest scientists the world has ever known, [00:09.99]yet if I had to convey the essence of Albert Einstein in a single word, [00:14.25]I would choose simplicity. Perhaps an anecdote will help. [00:18.74]Once, caught in a downpour, he took off his hat and held it under his coat. [00:23.24]Asked why, he explained, with admirable logic, [00:26.30]that the rain would damage the hat, [00:28.27]but his hair would be none the worse for its wetting. [00:31.00]This knack for going instinctively to the heart of a matter [00:34.18]was the secret of his major scientific discoveries [00:37.13]—this and his extraordinary feeling for beauty. [00:40.18]There was something elusively whimsical about Einstein. [00:43.47]It is illustrated by my favorite anecdote about him. [00:46.75]In his first year in Princeton, [00:48.72]on Christmas Eve, so the story goes, some children sang carols outside his house. [00:53.86]Having finished, [00:55.16]they knocked on his door and explained they were collecting money to buy Christmas presents. [00:59.33]Einstein listened, then said, “Wait a moment.” [01:02.94]He put on his scarf and overcoat, and took his violin from its case. [01:07.42]Then, joining the children as they went from door to door, [01:10.80]he accompanied their singing of “Silent Night” on his violin. [01:14.21]How shall I sum up what it meant to have known Einstein and his works? [01:18.25]Like the Nobel Prize winner who pointed helplessly at his watch, [01:22.07]I can find no adequate words. [01:24.38]It was akin to the revelation of great art that lets one see what was formerly hidden. [01:30.26]And when, for example, I walk on the sand of a lonely beach, [01:34.22]I am reminded of his ceaseless search for cosmic simplicity [01:37.82]—and the scene takes on a deeper, sadder beauty. |
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