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ALBERT EINSTEIN One twelve year old student complained that mathematics confused her. Einstein wrote, ƒ±Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you that mine are still greater.ƒ° Einstein did have a hard time in school. So why do we call him a genius? We sometimes think intelligence means being quick to solve school problems. But Einstein plodded through school. He preferred to follow his own interests. He studied at his own interests. His thoughts often wandered. His search led him to investigate mathematics too. Albertƒ­s uncle Jacob Einstein was an engineer. He introduced Albert to algebra. Algebra is a part of mathematics used to find an unknown quantity. In algebra the letter. ƒ±Xƒ° often stands for the unknown number. ƒ±Algebra is a merry science,ƒ°. Uncle Jacob told Albert. ƒ±When the animal that we are hunting cannot be caught, we call it ƒ±Xƒ° temporarily and continue to hunt it until it is bagged.ƒ° Jacob also taught Albert geometry. Geometr