It Is Alleged That When Einstein And His Wife Visited The Mount Wilson Observatory In California, Mrs.

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It is alleged that when Einstein and his wife visited the Mount
Wilson Observatory in California, Mrs. Einstein pointed to a particularly
complex piece of equipment and asked its purpose. Their guide said
that it was used to determine the shape of the universe. "Oh," she
said, not at all impressed, "my husband uses the back of an old
envelope to work that out."

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