What was offered to Albert Einstein in 1952?
presidency of Israel
spaceflight
viceroyality of Sweden
cloning
In 1952, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion offered Einstein the position of President of Israel to Albert Einstein, after the death of Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann. Einstein, then aged 73, refused: "I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people". He died three years later.
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