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PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA: EINSTEIN'S EXILE IN AN OLD DUTCH WINTER by NORMAN DUBIE

Poem Explanation

First Line: MY THEORY WITHSTOOD THE LIGHT OF THE HYADES
Last Line: THE ROSE OF ALL ROSES!
Subject(s): DESCARTES, RENE (1596-1650); EINSTEIN, ALBERT (1879-1955); IMAGINATION; MATHEMATICS; ORDER; FANCY;

Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1979/11/05/einsteins-exile-in-an-old-dutch-winter



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