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> Einstein was an unpublished patents clerk with a rocky academic record when he developed and published the special theory of relativity.

Einstein had a physics qualification, a teaching diploma and had several published papers to his name before he became a patent clerk. He became a patent clerk because he was unable to find a position teaching physics. A few years later he was awarded his PhD. He published the theory of relativity while he was a full-time academic.



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