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Introduction[edit]  According to Einstein's notebooks, in 1912
he first did the gravitational lensing calculations. Then he did
them again before publishing his 1936 paper that made him
famous. Do you want to be famous? Perhaps you just want to be an
engineer. Notebooks are still important.  Edison had
approximately 2500 engineering notebooks when he died. Museums
today house his notebooks. Engineering requires documentation
that enables replication, just like scientists. This
documentation starts in a notebook.  Engineering is about
reproducible methods and practices. This is why engineering
notebooks can be seen in movies and TV shows (like the Numb3rs)
and are even referenced in modern science fiction:  Felix was a
type-one admin, with an extra seventy or eighty pounds all
around the middle......Van was reliable and methodical. Tra