I HAD thought I would be sick of Albert Einstein by now. Following the centenary in 2005 of his annus mirabilis – the year in which he produced four papers that changed the world, including his special theory of relativity – I figured the constant hype and adulation would have left a sour taste. But Einstein keeps on surprising me.
As a young man, I – like so many others – was motivated by the myth of Einstein to pursue a career in theoretical physics. Later, I began to see the older Einstein as a tragic figure who wasted the last 25…
