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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) spent the final 35 years of his life as the most recognizable scientist of the 20th century. Though limericks were (are) conventionally associated with bawdy themes, limerick poets did prove that even Einstein's physics can be tackled with such poems. In this study, I analyse 22 limericks which describe Einstein's theories of relativity, quantum field theory, his personality, his brain and an unsuccessful attempt to disprove his theory. I conclude that the internet had liberated limericks to an extent that it may not be wrong to conclude that Einstein fans can anticipate numerous limericks in the future as well.
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