Einstein pedagogics

Einstein began his search for a new law of gra~ity in 1907. His initial steps were triggered and guided by a writing project: Although the patent office now classified him as only a "technical expert second class" (recently promoted from third class), he was sufficiently respected by the world's great physici!its to be ir1vited to w1·ite a review article for the annual publication Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitiit und Elektrom1r. about his special relativistic laws of physics and their consequences. As he worked on his review, Einstein discovered a valuable strategy for scientific research: The necessity to lay out a S\tbject in a self-contained, coherent, pedagogical manner forces one to think about it in new ways. One is driven tc> examine all the subject's gaps and flaws, and seek cures for them.