尽管爱因斯坦是更好的物理学家，但希尔伯特是更好的数学家。

Although Einstein was the better physicist, Hilbert was the better mathematician.

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1915年，应数学物理学家大卫·希尔伯特的邀请，爱因斯坦去哥廷根做了几次演讲。

In 1915, Einstein made a trip to Gottingen to give some lectures at the invitation of the mathematical physicist David Hilbert.

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爱因斯坦惊恐地发现，希尔伯特把他从爱因斯坦的讲座中学到的东西都拿来了，而且还在争先恐后地首先提出正确的方程式。

Einstein discovered to his horror that Hilbert had taken what he had learned from Einstein's lectures and was racing to come up with the correct equations first.

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