From World Genius To Having His Brain Stolen And Stored In A Jar For 40 Year, A Forgotten Story

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His Professors Deemed Him A Failure

Albert Einstein the year he published five papers including one introducing his theory of relativity.

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​Einstein was not the kind of kid who had a report called full of As. Even though he had mastered Calculus on his own at the age of 15, he didn’t like following the rules. He had a mind of his own.

Instead, he would skip class so he could sneak in some time in the lab. His professors gave up and thought he would probably never achieve anything big in life anyway.