Einstein the Stubborn: Correspondence between Einstein and Levi-Civita · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1202.4305/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTEinstein the Stubborn: Correspondence between Einstein and Levi-Civita — mentioned by danharajhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10631033urn:hackerpapers:mention:1202.4305:10631033Thu, 26 Nov 2015 03:01:35 GMT<p>Einstein being a socialist and all around lover of human beings probably would agree. His letters to people like Levi-Civita make that clear. There are very few hermit geniuses. Whom we consider geniuses now were often gregarious individuals who mixed themselves up with others. An individual can only be as great as the communities that nurture them. We all rely on others to guide us towards truth and away from error. http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.4305 Before developing his 1915 General Theory of Relativity, Einstein held the &quot;Entwurf&quot; theory. Tullio Levi-Civita from Padua, one of the founders of…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1202.4305/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.hist-ph