Sorry to nit-pick, but Einstein doing poorly in his earlier education is a myth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Early_life_and_education http://e

Sorry to nit-pick, but Einstein doing poorly in his earlier education is a myth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Early_life_and_education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Early_life_and_... ("In 1889 Max Talmud (later changed to Max Talmey) introduced the ten-year old Einstein to key texts in science, mathematics and philosophy, including Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and Euclid’s Elements" -- my goodness, Kant's critique when he was _ten_?)