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 What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office? Why?

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Einstein called his desk drawer at the patent office the “bureau of theoretical physics”. This was because the drawer was where he used to store his secretly developed ideas.

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पाठ 4.1: A Truly Beautiful Mind - Thinking about the Text [पृष्ठ ५१]

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पाठ 4.1 A Truly Beautiful Mind
Thinking about the Text | Q 4 | पृष्ठ ५१

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