笔者曾经澄清,有一则所谓“爱因斯坦致女儿的临终遗言”是假的(参见作者的科学网博客)。还有另外一个爱因斯坦的“励志故事”也在互联网流传,声称1907年,伯尔尼大学拒绝了爱因斯坦的博士学位和副教授申请。这又是一个以讹传讹的故事。笔者曾经只是告知朋友同事真相,并不觉得需要写篇文章。但是最近看到伯尔尼大学的澄清(http://www.unibe.ch/news/uniaktuell/the_online_magazine_of_the_university_of_ The author once clarified that there was a so-called dying last letter to Einstein’s daughter, which is false (see the author’s Science Network blog). There is also another Einstein’s “Inspirational Story” also circulated on the Internet, claiming that in 1907, University of Bern rejected Einstein’s doctorate and associate professors to apply. This is another story of the baseless assertion. I used to tell friends and colleagues only the truth, do not feel the need to write articles. Recently, however, a clarification from the University of Bern (http://www.unibe.ch/news/uniaktuell/the_online_magazine_of_the_university_of_