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From: "Anders Wirzenius" <anders.wirzenius@pp.qnet.fi>
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Subject: Re: Understanding and Teaching: Who may teach Ada?
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"Wesley Groleau" <wesgroleau@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> I remember being convinced by various sources that
> Einstein's relativity theories were esoteric stuff
> way over my head.  Then I found a copy of
>
> Relativity
> The Special and the General Theory
> A popular exposition by
> Albert Einstein
> Authorized Translation by
> Robert W. Lawson
>
> Seems really quite simple.
>

I have heard or read somewhere that Mr. Einstein himself has said at
some occasion:
"If you cannot expound a complicated thing using easy words, you don�t
really understand the thing yourself."

Maybe someone can point to a reliable source for that "rumour" about
Mr. E.?

Anders