New series released on Netflix “Einsten and the Atomic Bomb”, brought up Einstein’s work and life again. In the film we can clearly see Einstein’s intelligence, his theories, how he was ostracized and exiled by the German people for being Jewish, and his opposition to the war.

However, these are not the only things that emerge in Einstein’s life. Another controversial topic is Accusation that his dissertation was rejected. Let’s see what is the line of the curve of this problem?

An image of the rejection of Albert Einstein’s dissertation has been widely circulated on the Internet.

The fact that successful people like Einstein have faced failure at some point in their lives can be a source of motivation for us. “There is still hope…” we think. Based on this, an image was shared on X (Twitter) and in 2020 the importance of perseverance emphasized.

The image showed a yellowed letter from 1907. It was written that Albert Einstein’s doctorate was rejected by the University of Bern. Not considered suitable for the position of associate professor The letter written by the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Natural Sciences of the University of Bern, Prof. It was signed by Wilhelm Heinrich.

If we were to translate exactly what was on the paper:

“Since your application for the PhD was unsuccessful, you are not suitable for the position of associate professor. Although you put forward interesting theories in your article published in the journal ‘Annalen der Physik’, we believe that your conclusions about the nature of light and the fundamental connection between space and time are a bit radical. Overall, your assumptions are a bit radical.” artistic rather than real physics We think so.

Kind regards.”

Do you think this letter is real?

No, of course it’s fake. However From MPs to celebrities Many people believed in this letter and shared it as if it were real. So how do you know it’s fake?

According to NDTV and Teyit.org, a letter came from the University of Bern in Switzerland, where German is mainly spoken. be in German It was expected. Moreover, Albert Einstein published all his works in German and was still a German citizen.

For the zip code in the letter, according to Snopes we go back to 1907, when the four-digit zip code had not yet been adopted and There is no street named “Sidlerstrasse” popped up.

In addition, the University of Bern formerly has its universities There wasn’t even a teacher, let alone a dean named Willhelm Heinrich. told.

We can expand the evidence much further.

In 1907 the university founded the Faculty of Philosophy and History Faculty of Philosophy and Natural Sciences It wasn’t separated yet. The stamp in the letter had nothing to do with the university. It even interestingly resembled the coat of arms of the Hungarian dynasty.

It is still not known where the Internet legend about the rejection of Einstein’s thesis came from and who created the forged document. on Instagram motivation page administrators do you think? 😛

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