In a paper he wrote in the spring of 1907, he began by exuding a joyful self-assurance about having neither the library nor the inclination to know what other theorists had written on the topic. "Other authors might have already clarified part of what I am going to say," he wrote. "I felt I could dispense with doing a literature search {which would have been very troublesome for me}, especially since there is good reason to hope that others will fill this gap.
( Walter Isaacson )
[ Einstein: His Life and ]
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