"Einstein's publication of his general theory in 1916 essentially brought to a close the revolutionary period of his scientific career. In many ways, Einstein had begun to fall out of phase with the rapid changes taking place in physics during the 1920s. Even though Einstein's own work on the photoelectric effect helped set the stage for the development of quantum theory, he was never able to accept some of its concepts, particularly the uncertainty principle. ...
"At the time of his death he was the world's most widely admired scientist and his name was synonymous with genius. Yet Einstein declined to become enamored of the admiration of others. He wrote in his book, The World as I See It: 'Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. ... '"
from "Albert Einstein" by David E. Newton in Notable Mathematicians From Ancient Times to the Present, Robin Young, ed. Gale, Detroit, 1998, pp. 158-159.
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