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Albert Einstein’s long-lost telescope, forgotten for decades in a Jerusalem storage shed, goes on display this week after three years and $10,000 spent restoring the relic.
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An Israeli man shows his son a telescope that once belonged to Albert Einstein, before its unveiling ceremony at the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. Students and visitors at the Hebrew University in...
