... He later recalled that mastering the mathematics in Einstein's book gave him no difficulty. At the age of sixteen he tutored a 24 year old university calculus student to pass her final examination. Having no previous knowledge in calculus, he set out to teach himself so in turn he could teach the ... been reading. Werner replied with the same answer but Sommerfeld's response was completely different, saying, "You are too demanding You can't possibly start with the most difficult part and hope that the rest will automatically fall into your lap." The first semester that he attended at the...

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