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Originally Posted by tommac
But einstein was relatively weak in math ...
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Says who?
And please don't cite that bovine excrement urban legend about him flunking out in school.
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Originally Posted by tommac
... you can understand the concepts without having to work through the detail ...
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Yeah, and you can play Chopin without worrying about all those bothersome 16ths and 32nds that clutter up his pieces. Just pick out the notes you want to play. Scales? Why practice scales?
Without the math, one is and remains an amateur.
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Ach, mein Sinn, wo willst du endlich hin, wo soll ich mich erquicken? Bleib' ich hier, oder wünsch' ich mir Berg und Hügel auf den Rücken?
Bei der Welt ist gar kein Rat, und im Herzen steh'n die Schmerzen meiner Missetat, weil der Knecht den Herrn verleugnet hat.
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