How could Einstein not have been a good math student?

Retired · 2024-02-07T02:12:46+00:00

This is Einstein's matriculation certificate at age 17. His scores in algebra, geometry and descriptive geometry were all 6 (the highest possible), along with physics and history. If it's math we're talking about, Einstein aced it as a student. This understates things. At age 12, Einstein taught himself algebra and Euclidean geometry over a single summer, independently discovered an original proof of the Pythagorean theorem, and started teaching himself calculus. That's a textbook case study in precocity, not “poor math student”. Saying Einstein wasn't a good math student is sort of like saying a sub-2:20 marathoner is a bad runner. It's a pretty strange claim to make.

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Start date Feb 7, 2024

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