New math must be created before the problem can be solved.
But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein appearing anytime soon.
For one thing, physics is a much different field today. In Einstein’s day, there were a few thousand physicists worldwide, and fewer theoreticians.
Education is different, too. One important aspect of Einstein’s training that is overlooked is the philosophy he read as a teenager. It taught him how to think abstractly about space and time.
And he was an accomplished musician. The interplay between music and math is well known. Einstein would crazily play his violin as a way to think through a complex physics problem.
Today, universities have produced millions of physicists. There aren’t many jobs in science for them, so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills to more practical and rewarding efforts. Those who stay in science don’t work alone.
It’s very difficult to imagine an independent person like Einstein ever tolerating this.
28. According to the passage, the most important reason for Einstein’s success is that ________.
A. he was a good musician
B. he learnt philosophy as a teenager
C. he was born 200 years later than Newton
D. he was a great mathematician
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