Concetti Chiave
- The physicist attributes his fame to luck and finds studying boring, differentiating it from genuine learning.
- Physics was not a deliberate choice but a natural inclination to understand how the world works, beginning with a disregarded article on fluid physics.
- Personal life included a controversial relationship due to societal norms, leading to marriage after a scandal involving their child.
- The publication of special relativity in 1905 was initially ignored, but the physicist remained undeterred by the lack of recognition.
- Advice for young people emphasizes perseverance, following one's ideas and projects despite lack of understanding or acceptance from others.
Fame and Study
So, you are one of the most famous physicists in the world. What do you think about that?
I think that I have been lucky.
It isn’t a matter of luck. What you wrote is simply genius. Have you always enjoyed studying?
I have never enjoyed studying. I have always found studying quite boring – learning, that’s another matter, but humans are too stupid to understand the difference. When I first ask to enter a Swiss university, I was rejected.
Choices and First Steps
Why have you chosen to dedicate yourself to physics?
I didn’t choose it, it just happened. I simply wanted to understand how our world works.
What was your first article?
It was an article about the physics of fluids in straws published in Annalen der Physik. Nobody took real care about it.
Let’s change topic. 
Did you ever fall in love?
Sure, I did. She was a mate of mine at university, her name was Mileva. We caused quite a scandal.
Why?
Society was different at that time. She had a daughter when we weren’t married yet. We had to give her to adoption. Later we did marry, but it was too late.
Important Years and Relativity
Sorry about that. But that were also important years for you.
Yes, they were. In 1905 I published what was the core of the special relativity.
A revolution in physics.
Just something that made sense. No Maths or stupid research required.
Was your idea successful?
Not at all. Nobody cared about it. I was also rejected (again) when I applied for a job at the university.
Did you stop after that disappointment?
Absolutely not. If you are a genius and nobody can understand it, that’s the others’ fault, not yours.
Advice for Young People
So, which advice would you to nowadays young people?
Never stop. If you have an idea, follow it. If you have a project, start it. If you are not understood, keep holding on anyway. Life’s too short to listen to others’ opinions.
Thank you very much, Albert!
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Domande da interrogazione
- What was Einstein's perspective on his early work and personal life?
Einstein's first article on the physics of fluids in straws went largely unnoticed. Personally, he experienced societal challenges, such as causing a scandal with Mileva, his university mate, due to having a child out of wedlock.
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