“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
Ich habe keine besondere Begabung, sondern bin nur leidenschaftlich neugierig.
Letter to Carl Seelig http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Seelig (11 March 1952), Einstein Archives 39-013
1950s
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Ich habe keine besondere Begabung, sondern bin nur leidenschaftlich neugierig.
in einem Brief an Carl Seelig vom 11. März 1952 ( ethz.ch http://www.library.ethz.ch/de/Ressourcen/Digitale-Kollektionen/Einstein-Online/Princeton-1933-1955) als Antwort auf Seeligs Frage: "Ist Ihre wissenschaftliche Begabung eine Erbschaft der väterlichen und die musikalische der mütterlichen Linie?" Vgl. Ulrich Weinzierl: "Carl Seelig, Schriftsteller", Wien, 1982, Seite 135 books.google http://books.google.de/books?ei=WnS6T9eMOoT-8QOP4aSwCg&hl=de&id=gn0lAAAAMAAJ&q=begabung
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