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Diary Illuminates Einstein's Last Years

Posted by Hemos on from the never-has-the-topic-icon-been-more-fitting dept.

b00le writes "Several sources carry versions of this story about the diary of Johanna Fantova who shared much of the last years of Einstein's life (and cut his hair) and witnessed his kindness and poltical activisim. The diary does not seem to have been translated from the German yet, but the site has extracts. According to this, Fantova tried to publish the diaries herself and of course failed to find an agent."

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  1. Bed Head by DeanFox · · Score: 5, Funny



    If she is the one who cut his hair, I wonder what her writings must be like. Einstein, even on portrait day, looked worse than I do on my worst bed head day. It took so long to transcribe her notes because of her shaky hand?

  2. Einstein's childhood by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please see Young Einstein for some amazing revelations about our favorite frizzy professor's childhood in Australia.

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  3. Re:one of Einsteins better ideas by forgotmypassword · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes we can name it "The People's Republic of Chin... er UN"

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  4. Re:did not sympathize? by AchilleTalon · · Score: 4, Funny
    Maybe that's what we should call:

    Uncertainty principle of Heisenberg

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