Einstein and What Music Did for His Genius
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1. Say “genius” and his name immediately comes to mind. Einstein is the closest you get to describing genius, even small kids know him.There is no other personality in the academic world that has even half Einstein’s popularity.
2. There is no genius in the world as respected and as loved as Albert Einstein. His picture with his distinctive hairstyle even became a pop culture icon.
3. Nowhere in the world could we find another academic thatrivals the popularity of rock superstars. His opus “E=mc2” would rival any Beatles’ platinum record, his “Theory of Relativity” even shook Newton’s gravitational theory off the charts.
4. Kids would love him more if they knew that he loved music. Had he lived later, he could easily pass as the only male member of the Bond electric quartet. Wouldn’t it be great to see Einstein jamming alongside these gorgeous girls?
Music and Genius
5. He once confided that had he not been a scientist, he would have been a musician. Mostly favoring classical music, Einstein adored Mozart and worshipped Bach.
6. “Life without playing music is inconceivable for me,” he said. He also said that he lived his daydreams in music, and “I get most joy in life out of music.” Einstein, with unclipped moustache and unkempt hair, did actually perform in solo concerts!
Music and Einstein’s Early Life
7. There is a little known fact about the great man. Einstein did extremely poorly in school, so poorly in fact that his grade school teachers asked his parents to take him out of school because he was “too stupid to learn”. Einstein, too stupid to learn! The teachers thought it would be easier for Einstein’s parents to make him learn a trade.
8. Instead of heeding their advice, Albert’s parents bought him a violin.Einstein actually started playing the violin at the age of six, while his family was still living in Munich. However, he toiled under unimaginative tuition until discovering the joys of Mozart’s sonatas at the age of 13. From that point on, although he had no further lessons, his violin remained his constant companion. Just before his 17th birthday Albert played at a music examination in the cantonal school. The inspector reported that “a student called Einstein shone in a deeply felt performance of an adagio from one of the Beethoven sonatas.” In addition to his prowess on the violin, he also played the piano and, in particular, loved toimprovise.
Music and Einstein’s Creative Work
9. Music helped bring out the real genius in our Einstein. Albert Einstein himself admitted that the reason he was so smart was because he played the violin. One friend, G. J. Withrow, confided that the way Einstein dealt with problems and equations was by improvising on the violin. His second wife, Elsa, gives a rare glimpse of their home life in Berlin. “As a little girl, I fell in love with Albert because he played Mozart so beautifully on the violin,” she once wrote. “He also plays the piano. Music helps him when he is thinking about his theories. He goes to his study, comes back, strikes a few chords on the piano, jots something down, returns to his study.” His son Hans Albert Einstein too recalls his father using music as a tool to help his work. He says, “Whenever he felt that he had come to the end of the road or into a difficult situation in his work, he would take refuge in music. That would usually resolve all his difficulties.”
10. There are studies that show that listening to complex music helps improve the performance of the brain. Some music helps to increase the power of concentration. It would also be interesting to note that there are kinds of music that would also have the exact opposite effect on the brain.Several studies revealed that certain music (esp. baroque and classical) such as Bach and Mozart helped students score better at tests. However relaxing sounds or silence made them score lower.
11. Today, students, professionals, artists, or practically anyone can make use of brain performance enhancers like Bach and Mozart. Their music helps to improve a person’s focus, memory and IQ.
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音乐与爱因斯坦的天赋
1. 说到“天才”，他的名字就会立即浮现在脑海里。 描述天才时，爱因斯坦是你能找到的最合适的例子，就连小孩都熟悉他。 在学术界，其他人的知名度连爱因斯坦的一半都不及。
2. 世界上没有哪个天才如同阿尔伯特•爱因斯坦一样受到人们如此的尊敬和爱戴。 他那留着与众不同的发型的照片甚至成为一种流行文化的标志。
3. 全世界都找不到另一个像他那样的学者，其知名度可以与摇滚巨星媲美。 他的著名方程式“E=mc2”与甲壳虫乐队的任何一张白金唱片相比都毫不逊色，而他的相对论甚至撼动了牛顿的万有引力理论的地位。
4. 孩子们如果知道他喜欢音乐的话将会更喜欢他。 如果他能活在更晚的年代，他将很容易被人们当作古典辣妹电子弦乐四重奏乐队的唯一男性成员。 看到爱因斯坦置身于这些美艳绝伦的女孩之中同台演奏，难道不是一件很棒的事情吗？
音乐和天才
5. 他曾吐露，如果他没有成为一名科学家，那他可能会成为一名音乐家。 他最爱古典音乐，敬仰莫扎特，崇拜巴赫。
6. 他曾经说：“对我而言，没有音乐的生活是无法想象的。” 他还说过他在音乐中体验他的梦想，“我从音乐中获得人生最大的快乐。” 胡子拉碴、头发蓬乱的爱因斯坦的确在个人音乐会上演奏过!
音乐和爱因斯坦的早期生活
7. 关于这位伟人，有一件鲜为人知的事情。 爱因斯坦上学时成绩非常差，事实上差到老师劝其父母让他退学，因为他实在是“愚之极，难为学”。 爱因斯坦，太笨了，什么都学不会！ 老师们认为爱因斯坦的父母让他学一门手艺可能会更容易。
8. 阿尔伯特的父母并没有听从他们的建议，而是给他买了一把小提琴。 爱因斯坦实际上六岁就开始学拉小提琴了，那时他们一家人还住在慕尼黑。 然而，在一个没有任何想象力的家教的指导下，他学得异常费力，直到他13岁时才在莫扎特的奏鸣曲中找寻到愉悦。 从那时起，尽管他没有再继续上音乐课程了，小提琴却依然一直陪伴着他。 就在他17岁生日即将到来之际，阿尔伯特在州立学校的音乐测试中演奏。 考官说：“一个叫爱因斯坦的学生在贝多芬奏鸣曲的一个慢板乐章演奏中大放异彩。” 除了他在小提琴上表现出来的非凡才能，他还弹钢琴，尤其喜欢即兴演奏。
音乐和爱因斯坦的创造性工作
9. 音乐有助于激发出爱因斯坦的真正天赋。 阿尔伯特•爱因斯坦自己也承认，他如此聪明的原因是他演奏小提琴。 爱因斯坦的一个朋友G. J.威斯罗透露说，爱因斯坦通过即兴演奏小提琴来处理问题和解方程。 他的第二任妻子，艾尔莎，难得地向外界展示了他们在柏林的家庭生活片段。 “在我还是一个小女孩的时候，我就爱上了阿尔伯特，因为他用小提琴将莫扎特的作品演奏得如此美妙，”她曾写道。 “他还弹奏钢琴。 当他思考自己的理论时，音乐可以帮助他。 他去书房，回来，在钢琴上弹几个和弦，然后匆忙记下一些东西，又回书房。” 他的儿子汉斯•阿尔伯特•爱因斯坦也回忆说，他父亲把音乐当成帮助他工作的工具。 他说道，“工作时，只要他觉得自己已无路可走或者处于困境，他就会求助于音乐。 音乐通常能解决他所有的难题。”
10. 有研究表明，听合成音乐有利于提高大脑的效率。某些音乐有助于集中注意力。 有趣的是，你会发现有些音乐对大脑的作用却完全相反。 有几项研究揭示了某些特定音乐（尤其是巴罗克音乐和古典音乐），比如巴赫和莫扎特的作品，可以帮助学生在测试中取得更好的成绩， 但是令人放松的声音或寂静反而会使他们的分数降低。
11. 如今，学生、专业人员、艺术家，事实上所有人，都可以利用诸如巴赫、莫扎特等人的作品来提高大脑的效率。 他们的音乐可帮助人集中注意力，增强记忆和提高智商。
