From: Michael Nielsen (mnielsen@tangelo.phys.unm.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 19 1998 - 17:15:07 MDT
On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Natasha Vita More (fka Nancie Clark) wrote:
> At 03:01 PM 4/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >In the same vein, I would say that all major scientific advances of the
> >past have come from highly creative thinkers.
>
> Free association (Einstein's basic inspiration)
Do you have a source for the claim that free association was Einstein's
basic inspiration?
I'm curious because this doesn't gell with the biographies I've read, but
perhaps you have other information...
Michael Nielsen
"I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind!
The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building."
- Charles Schulz
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