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The Einstein of 1905...
...was not the luminous saint of his most famous portrait
by Philippe Halsman from the 1940s.
![Halsman portait](Einstein_pics/halsman.jpg)
![Halsman portait](Einstein_pics/halsman.jpg)
![Halsman portait](Einstein_pics/halsman.jpg)
![Halsman portait](Einstein_pics/halsman.jpg)
Einstein was really never the luminous saint of this
portrait. He was disheveled in spite of his best efforts.
![hair](Einstein_pics/wild hair.jpg)
![tongue](Einstein_pics/tongue.jpg)
This is the Einstein of 1905, working as a clerk in the
patent office in Bern, Switzerland.
![patent office](Einstein_pics/patent.jpg)
![patent office](Einstein_pics/patent2.jpg)
This is Einstein at 16 at high school.
![class](Einstein_pics/class.jpg)
Cocky. Self-assured. No respect for authority.