Einstein's Mistakes

by Hans C. Ohanian · 2008

Hans C. Ohanian's account of Albert Einstein's scientific mistakes, shown on Ray Dalio's desk in a New Yorker profile.

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by Hans C. Ohanian · 2008

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Here was the greatest mind of the twentieth century, and he made lots of mistakes.

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The New Yorker · 2011-07-18 · accessed 2026-06-23

The profile says Dalio showed the reporter Einstein's Mistakes, a book he had been reading, and quotes Dalio explaining the lesson he drew from it.

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