A wonder of such nature I experienced as a child of 4 or 5 years, when my father showed me a compass.
In plain words
A compass needle amazed him as a small boy, and he never stopped wondering.
Where these words come from
- 92% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- From Einstein's own Autobiographical Notes (1949), recalling being shown a compass as a child - his own account of his first scientific wonder.
- Autobiographical Notes
- 1949 · Munich (childhood memory) · His own memoir reflecting on the origin of his scientific wonder
