爱因斯坦注定是个非凡人物。这样的人物不可能永远默默无闻。纽约时报派了个高尔夫记者去采访他，结果出了篇错误百出的报道，说爱因斯坦要出版一本世界上只有12个人才能看懂的书（该数据和凤姐的满意的男配偶数目相当）。于是不久后，懂相对论的人更少了（因为纽约时报把爱因斯坦当凤姐了）~~~

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爱因斯坦常手拿烟斗，和蔼可亲，不爱露面，一头乱发，真是个非凡人物。这样的人物不可能永远默默无闻。1919年，战争结束了，世界突然发现了他。几乎同时，他的相对论以普通人无法搞懂出了名。《纽约时报》决定写一篇报道--由于永远令人想不通的原因--派了该报一个名叫亨利•克劳奇的高尔夫运动记者去负责这次采访，结果正如戴维•博丹尼斯在他出色的《E=mc^2》一书中指出的，根本不解决问题。 　　这次采访令克劳奇力不从心，他差不多把什么都搞错了。他的报道里有许多令人难忘的错误，其中之一，他断言，爱因斯坦找了个胆子很大的出版商，敢于出版一本全世界只有12个人看得懂的书。当然，根本不存在这样的书，根本不存在这样的出版商，也根本不存在这么狭小的学术界，但这种看法已深入了人心。过不多久，在人们的想像中，搞得懂相对论的人数又少了许多--应当指出，科学界对这种神话没有去加以澄清。