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The mathematical education of the young physicist [Albert Einstein] was not very solid, which I am in a good position to evaluate since he obtained it from me in Zurich some time ago.

The mathematical education of the young physicist [Albert Einstein] was not very solid, which I am in a good position to evaluate since he obtained it from me in Zurich some time ago.

Hermann Minkowski
Zurich, Young, Mathematical

Zurich in 1915,... While the thunder of the batteries rumbled in the distance, we pasted, we recited, we versified, we sang with all our soul. We searched for an elementary art that would, we thought, save mankind from the madness of these times.

Hans Arp
Art, Distance, Zurich

The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!

Konrad Zuse
Night, Zurich, Interesting
"The First Computers: History and Architectures". Book by Ra L Rojas, p. 270, 2002.

I found myself in Zurich Airport. I'd done a TV show, oddly enough, with Mavis Staples. That's the way they do it in Switzerland. And I'd had a bit of a late night with members of her band. And I was - my flight was delayed. And I was sitting in the airport, and I just came up with the idea. And by the time, we landed at Heathrow, I'd pretty much sort of got it.

Nick Lowe
Night, Zurich, Tv Shows
"Nick Lowe Brings His 'Quality Holiday Revue' To America". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 22, 2014.

How wrong Emily Dickinson was! Hope is not "the thing with feathers." The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew. I must take him to a specialist in Zurich.

Woody Allen
Zurich, Nephew, Specialists
Without Feathers "Selections from the Allen Notebooks" (1975) See Emily Dickinson 10

Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Richard Ernst
School, Technology, Zurich

At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.

Carl Spitteler
Father, Zurich, Law

Somewhere along the way, New York became all about money. Or rather, it was always about money, but it wasn't all about money, if you know what I mean. New York's not Geneva or Zurich yet, but we're certainly heading in that direction. London is, too.

Graydon Carter
New York, Mean, Zurich

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