What You Have Read in History Books May Not Be True After All

Albert Einstein failed the math

There has been this story going on that the genius Albert Einstein failed math. It is a common inspirational story. This false rumor was spread worldwide after being released on Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. But the truth is, this never really happened.

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In fact, Einstein himself refuted this rumor. He said, “I never failed in mathematics. Before I was 15, I had mastered differential and integral calculus.” He received his matriculation certificate when he was 17. Einstein also had the highest marks in Geometry and Algebra.