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I Sometimes Ask Myself How It Came About That I Was The One To Develop The Theory Of Relativity. The Reason, I Think, Is That A Normal Adult Never Stops To Think About Problems Of Space And Time. These Are Things Which He Has Thought About As A Child. Bu T My Intellectual Development Was Retarded,as A Result Of Which I Began To Wonder About Space And Time Only When I Had Already Grown Up.

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I Sometimes Ask Myself

Albert Einstein

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I Sometimes Ask Myself How It Came About That I Was The One To Develop The Theory Of Relativity. The Reason, I Think, Is That A Normal Adult Never Stops To Think About Problems Of Space And Time. These Are Things Which He Has Thought About As A Child. Bu T My Intellectual Development Was Retarded,as A Result Of Which I Began To Wonder About Space And Time Only When I Had Already Grown Up.

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