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What do you know about Albert Einstein? Where is he from? What did he achieve? Stories in his childhood his marriage his manner Nature or Nurture? Elbert Einstein is probably the most influntial scientist and greatest physicist of the 20th century. He revolutionized our ideas about time and space, and he is best known for his theory of relativity and his equation E=MC2, which explians the relationship between energy and mass. By age 30 he was considered by many to be one of the worlds greatest scientific thinkers. Background Information Nature vs. Nurture Theories and Physics Quantum physics（量子物理学） has shaken determinism — so much so that scientists had to devise the “Heisenberg uncertainty principle” which challenges the notion that any physical event can be predicted precisely in time and space. Do you think that particles are too small to affect big events? Reconsider that thought. What would have happened if Hitler had died in his young age of cancer, which can occur with a slight genetic mutation（基因突变）? Script Recently, data has clearly indicated that nurture is indeed more than 50% of the equation. That is good news for educators, but even better news for society as a whole. Fortunately, President Obama has come out in strong support of early childhood education, particularly for those children most at risk of school failure. Investing in quality pre-school opportunities clearly helps give children from poverty-stricken areas the chance at a stronger start in school and in life. If we are serious about helping our children succeed in school, if we are truly interested in “Leaving No Child Behind,” we will take a hard look at this compelling data and begin investing greater sums at the early childhood level. ……. “My name is Dr. Mark Lythgoe and I believe that Einstein’s genius comes from nerve cells, which can be analyzed. We can find out what