This photo was taken in a Munich photo studio c. 1893, shortly before Einstein left high school to join his family in Italy.

The Lighter Side of Albert Einstein

The new book, Albert Einstein: The Enduring Legacy of a Modern Genius includes a number of rare and unpublished images of the man who developed the theory of relativity

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