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Einstien did his Nobel prize winning work (the photoelectric effect) very early in life, and then went on to continually make big successes. If he had started out spinning his wheels he would have had plenty of time to switch.



that doesnt mean he was immune to unsuccessful investigations, in which he spent a large part of his later life

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%27s_unsuccessful_inve...




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