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Einstein's pipe dream

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Shaun Usher
May 12, 2023
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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…

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