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A young girl writes to Albert Einstein

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Shaun Usher
Mar 14, 2022
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Albert Einstein in 1951. Photo by Ernst Haas/Getty Images.

As one of the world’s great intellects and arguably the most famous of all scientists, Albert Einstein—born on this day in 1879—was regularly questioned about his views on religion. In 1954, he broached the subject with Eric Gutkind, the author of a book he had recently read, in a letter which co…

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