Einstein Sheds Light for Jelly Beans

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 6, 1997| Author: Martie Zad | Copyright information

As a professor at Princeton in 1954, Albert Einstein befriended a young African-American girl who was having trouble with her math homework and asked her for jelly beans in exchange for his tutorial.

That incident has now inspired "Einstein: Light to the Power of Two," part of HBO's "The Inventors' Specials," premiering Tuesday at 7 p.m.

In the one-hour special, Einstein helps the girl with problems she faces in the social climate of an era in which outright prejudice was a daily...

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