Albert Einstein, a curious little human born in 1879, in the delightfully average town of Ulm, Germany, turned out to be rather good at math, physics and asking impertinent questions about the universe. His parents, Hermann and Pauline, had absolutely no idea their quiet, late-talking son would one day redefine reality with an equation so famous it might as well have been written in flashing neon: E = mc^2. Young Albert had a sister named Maja, who was his first partner in wondering why everything was the way it was, though neither of them could solve the great mystery of why school was so utterly dreadful.
Einstein’s journey to fame was more of a slow saunter. After escaping the clutches of strict teachers, he found himself working at a patent office—essentially a giant inbox for other people's bright ideas—where he quietly imagined how light, time and space might behave if no one was watching. By 1921, the universe finally admitted he was right about some very clever things and handed him a Nobel Prize. Though he loved fiddling with the violin and campaigning for peace, Albert’s greatest lesson for humanity was this: Keep asking absurd questions, because sometimes, the answers rewrite the rules of existence.
Einstein’s journey to fame was more of a slow saunter. After escaping the clutches of strict teachers, he found himself working at a patent office—essentially a giant inbox for other people's bright ideas—where he quietly imagined how light, time and space might behave if no one was watching. By 1921, the universe finally admitted he was right about some very clever things and handed him a Nobel Prize. Though he loved fiddling with the violin and campaigning for peace, Albert’s greatest lesson for humanity was this: Keep asking absurd questions, because sometimes, the answers rewrite the rules of existence.
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