#11: Einstein Was Offered Israel’s Presidency
After Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann, died in 1952, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion’s government formally offered the presidency to Albert Einstein. The physicist was deeply connected with Jewish cultural and educational causes but declined. Einstein explained that he lacked the experience and natural aptitude for dealing properly with people. Imagine having such an extraordinary scientific résumé that a country asks whether you would also like to become head of state—and replying that human interaction really is not your strongest department.
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