MATHEMATICS
Among Sir William Kothenstein’s famous sitters was Professor Einstein, whose portrait ho did in Berlin. “ During one of the sittings,” says Eo then stein, “ a solemn stranger, looking, I thoughtj like an old tortoise, sat listening to Einstein, who, so far as I could understand, was putting forward tentative theories, his expressive face radiant, as he expounded his ideas. “From time to time the stranger shook his heavy head, whereupon Einstein paused, reflected, and then started another strain of thought. ‘ When I was leaving the presence of a third party was explained. “ ‘Ho is rav mathematician,’ said Einstein, ‘who examines problems which 1 put before him, and checks their validity. You see I am not my-, i self a good mathematician!’” —‘Atlanta Journal.’
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Evening Star, Issue 22252, 1 February 1936, Page 7
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124MATHEMATICS Evening Star, Issue 22252, 1 February 1936, Page 7
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