JOLLY DAYS

Einstein Pissed

Einstein had a tantrum. When he was 5 — he hated his violin lessons. Then at 13 he heard Mozart. Einstein said that Mozart’s music “was so pure that it seemed to have been ever-present in the universe, waiting to be discovered by the master.”

Einstein’s son said of his father, “Whenever he felt that he had come to the end of the road or into a difficult situation in his work, he would take refuge in music. That would usually resolve all his difficulties.”

[The above derived from an article by Arthur I. Miller in the science section of the NYT.]