Although Einstein’s five papers were published in a single year, he had been thinking about physics, deeply, since childhood. “Science was dinner-table conversation in the Einstein (1) ___________ ,” explains Galison. Albert’s father Hermann and uncle Jakob (2) ___________ a German company making such things as dynamos, arc lamps, light bulbs and telephones. This was high-tech at the turn of the (3) ___________ , “like a Silicon Valley company would be today,” notes Galison. “Albert’s (4) ___________ in science and technology came (5) ____________ .” Einstein’s parents sometimes took Albert to (6) __________ . No babysitter was (7) ___________ : Albert sat on the couch, totally (8) ___________ , quietly doing (9) ___________ problems while others danced around him. Pencil and paper were Albert’s GameBoy! He had impressive powers of (10) ___________ . Einstein’s sister, Maja, (11) ___________ “... even when there was a lot of noise, he could lie down on the sofa, pick up a pen and paper, precariously (12) ___________ an inkwell on the backrest and (13) ______________________ a problem so much that the background noise stimulated (14) ______________________ disturbed him.” Einstein was clearly intelligent, but not outlandishly more so than his peers. “I have no (15) ______________________ ,” he claimed, “I am only (16) ______________________ .” And again: “The contrast between the popular assessment of my powers ... and the reality is simply grotesque.” Einstein credited his discoveries to (17) ______________________ more so than orthodox intelligence.