Max Talmud is a medical student who enjoys a free dinner once a week with the Einstein family according to Jewish custom. He is somewhat of an intellectual father figure for the young Einstein.
The stimulating lectures on popular scientific books such as Aaron Bernstein\u2019s Naturwissenschaftliche Volksb\u00FCcher or Alexander von Humbolt\u2019s Kosmos soon \u201Cconvinces Einstein that much in the Bible cannot be true,\u201D while motivating his interest in physical matters.
This also gives him a first and lasting impression of the international spirit of science and its ideological and social influences.
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