"So Einstein dies. He finds himself in heaven, and he has his violin. He's overjoyed. He loves his violin more than physics. Even more than women. He's excited to find out how well he can play in ...

Einstein had a birthday ... Albert liked doing puzzles, reading books about nature, and playing violin. He was fascinated by the invisible magnetic force that makes compasses work.

Like a student cramming for an examination, Scientist Albert Einstein shut himself up in a room of Adolph Lewisohn’s New York home one afternoon last week and practiced three hours on his violin.