Majority in poll identify Einstein

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Albert Einstein is far better known than actor Russell Crowe or Jebb Bush, according to an informal poll taken at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The results must have pleased Joseph Henry Press because the poll was designed to promote a new book the firm is published: 'Einstein Defiant: Genius vs. Genius in the Quantum Revolution' by Edmund Blair Bolles.

In the poll, 89 percent of the 200 participants in the survey - ranging in age from 9 to 75 -- correctly identified Einstein in a line-up. Only 53 percent identified Crowe.

In fact, one 56-year-old woman from Florida asked whether Crowe was Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, to which her husband replied, "Jeb Bush wishes he were that good-looking."

The book chronicles a series of infamous debates between Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr about the merits of quantum mechanics.

"I was pleased to see that even two-thirds of the kids under 15 could spot Einstein," said Bolles. "It shows that he remains the enduring symbol of human genius."