Is Einstein the last great genius?


	Is Einstein the last great genius?

LisbethJ

12-6-2008 11:07 PM

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LisbethJ says:

I hope not!

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12-8-2008 6:35 PM

masbury

Wonder how many Einsteins are in the camps in Darfur, the villages of the Congo, or starving in Gaza? How the world would benefit from dismantling poverty and war!

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But in recent decades - especially since the Soviet success in
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