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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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Albert Einstein
Age: 76 †
Born: 1879
Born: March 14
Died: 1955
Died: April 18
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Mathematician
Non-Fiction Writer
Patent Examiner
Pedagogue
Philosopher
Philosopher Of Science
Physicist
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Ulm alb-Donau
Einstein
A. Einstein
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Wonder
Relativity
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Time
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