  In the Patent Office Einstein hatched his most beautiful ideas, and there he
spent his "Happy Bern Years". These wonderful ideas led to his miraculous year
works of 1905. Einstein was not an expert in academic matters, and he was out
of academic world. Neither did he meet influential professors, or attend
academic meetings. He discussed his ideas with his close friends and colleagues
from the Patent Office. In 1907 he finally got his foot into the academic
doorway; Einstein became a privatdozent and gave lectures at the University of
Bern. However, his first students consisted again of his two close friends and
another colleague from the Patent Office.
