On Sunday 06 January 2008 05:22:45 Aaron Kulkis wrote: > Philippe Landau wrote: > > Cristian Rodríguez wrote: > >> Shibu Basheer escribió: > >> "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." > >> - Albert Einstein > > > > His plagiarism interfered just as much. > > http://nexusmagazine.com/articles/einstein.html > > Einstein never claimed to be doing anything original. > All he did was assume that ALL of the experimental > data was, in fact, correct, even though it appeared > to be contradictory. He then asked himself, if all > of this data is correct, then what is the explanation > for it all? > > What Einstein did is was to take the physics community > and reposition the viewpoint to the one place where > ALL of the data made sense simultaneously. > > Einstein never claimed to be all that great. > Einstein himself said the following: > > "If I have seen farther, it is only because I am > standing on the shoulders of giants."
Actually, that quote is not attributable to Einstein, it's from Sir Isaac Newton. (in fact there is evidence it predates him, but it the quote is generally referred to with Newton in mind) Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
