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摘要

In her article on boosting your brain's performance, Helen Thomson mentions that learning to play a musical instrument can be beneficial (2 October, p 28). Does that mean that part of the genius of great scientists such as Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman and William Herschel is owed to their love of music and ability to play instruments? Perhaps I should play my flute before my mathematics exam -it could give me my badly needed A+ grade. But if it doesn't work, at least I have an excuse for having fun on the eve of my exams.