(November 23, 2023 at 2:33 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: When Albert Einstein was 5, his mother, who was a proficient piano player, enrolled Einstein in violin lessons. Young Einstein hated it and his musical education went nowhere.
But when he was 13 Einstein became enamored with Mozart’s violin sonatas, so he taught himself to play them without ever practicing systematically. By 17 he was a good enough violin player to be considered to have good prospects if he were to choose a musical career.
But the math didn't work out.
