A message from Leon M. Lederman, Nobel laureate in Physics 1988:

This is addressed to the delegates planning the World Year of Physics 2005 honoring the fantastic productivity of a patent clerk, working in Bern, Switzerland. Einstein's productivity has never been equaled . . . yet. However, this should inspire all of us to work harder at finding the new, young Einsteins of the 21st century, whether they are children in a dirt floor jungle village or in the slums of Calcutta or Chicago or even in the affluent suburbs of London or New York. the laws of probability are on our side and among the additions to our now 6 billion people there must be a mind capable of creating a new theory of quantum relativity or of the operation of human consciousness or of a key to the new pandemic diseases, but also including cancer and poverty. Since it is impossible to recognize such a child, we must treat all children as potentially so creative by greatly expanding our educational reach to the millions of children normally excluded. The profits of such a massive educational effort will clearly be enormous.

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