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Albert Einste in WllriWl>n in German y i n 1 879. He cn}oyed classica l music and liad ª'"'""Y Pla t'<'d
the v iolin at the age of six. Even as a sm a// hoy A f bcr1 was sel!Csu fficicnt. rhouglll fu/, and " shrn•
ta\ker who considered what he \V<>u ld sa)' aftcr ·arcls.
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a ne\\' ur1derstand ing of the structu re of l ight. He argu ed that light consisted of par t iclcs
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