Pretty girls and stoves

Many of you may have heard of Einstein’s famous quote: “When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity.” Turns out it’s actually from the abstract of an article he wrote. You can read the abstract in this Scientific American article, and it’s hilarious.

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Comments

Hilary
Sep 30, 2007 at 6:18 pm

I’m still recovering from the abstract… It was hilarious! :P

Katherine M
Sep 30, 2007 at 10:25 pm

Yes, yes, but what happens when you sit on a stove next to a pretty girl?

Ben
Oct 7, 2007 at 12:46 am

Hilary: I’ve got to find out what else Einstein wrote in a humorous vein. :)

Katherine: Time becomes nil and the world ends.