I would rather choose to be a plumber

Einstein's pipe dream

Einstein with a different kind of pipe, 1933 (Photo: Getty)

Albert Einstein received an influx of mail at the end of 1954—a flurry of correspondence from a source you wouldn’t necessarily expect. From across the land came letters from plumbers.

On 13th October of that year, Einstein had replied to a letter from the editor of The Reporter in which the Nob…