" He was dyslexic as a child. " brainic bro, i did leave that out in purpose. It has only been an assumption that Einstein might have been a dyslexic. As i look at his childhood, i only see a chid who was very hasitated in learning and obviously wasnt so intelligent child. But yes, i do mind missing out his love for voilin, which is started playing when he was six year old. His this voilin playing ability stayed with him, on ups and downs of his life. Like Einstein himself said, his childhood was very unimportant, so lets leave this early childhood and venture into his coming yers. Einstein At Zurich. ----------------------- before going to Zurich, Einstein was in Italy, after finishing a high school degree from Germany. His stay in Italy was probably his best stay, he himself noted, "the people of Northern Italy are the most civilized people I have ever met." It was on the year 1896, when he first gave up his german citizenship, because he did not want to attend the german military. He remained citizenless, without belonging to any country, for several yers. So after few cries from his parents, Einstein Decided to give up his love for philosophy and go get a degree in Electrical Engineering. But the problem was, he did not have a high school diploma on his hand, so it was very hard to find a university. Luckily, In Zurich there existed a university which would accept students that could pass certain tests. It is known as ETH( Eidgen?ssische Technische Hochschule).He was ready for it, postively motivated, so 16 yr old einstein dared to take the test, that was designed for 18 yrs old high school passed kids. Being a genius , he did fail and did not pass. He could not pass the entrance exam. --------------------- his life after the exam on forth coming days. Aliciaa, we have the whole yr to celebrate :P so lets control ourselves, we can have a heated disscussion on General Relativity and his equations later on, while we reach that time period of his life. NOt far :P Zalim, wonderful pictures. Seeing two Brilliant ppl together on a photograph has always facinated me. I wonder," what would they be talking about ":)