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Originally Posted by Tim Thompson
Not by a long shot. The popular myth of Einstein being somehow lousy at math is just that, a popular myth. He was in fact quite good at it. It was Einstein who was the driving force behind the mathematical development of GR, going to Grossman and others for help when he knew he needed new tools to develop the necessary math.
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I am sure he was above average ... but even here you hit on the point that I am hinting at. He knew what needed to be calculated and had someone else help him develop that. He didnt know the math. And would have failed the ATM section when some idiot would ask him to do "the maths". He didnt know and needed Grossman to help him fill in the blanks. In addition he did resist it for a while.
I never state that the math ( note no s ) is not important ... i just dont feel that either :
A) it is the driving force for anything of use
B) the only way to understand complex situations