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| | Albert Einstein was not only a very gifted scientist who brought us a much greater understanding of how our universe operates, -he was also one of this century's greatest philosophers and thinkers on humanity, politics and peace-. Although his research led to the invention of the atomic bomb, -Einstein played no part in its actual development-, (while his four letters trying to get the bomb built probably don't count for whoever wrote this, the work he did on gassious diffusion do.) and was greatly distressed by its use. (He thought it should not have been used on Japan. He was OK with it being used on Germany. Check your sources.) -First and foremost, Einstein was a pacifist throughout his adult life- (This is also untrue. The writer should give citations when he tries to put political drivel into a scientist's mouth.)<br /> | | Albert Einstein was not only a very gifted scientist who brought us a much greater understanding of how our universe operates, -he was also one of this century's greatest philosophers and thinkers on humanity, politics and peace-. Although his research led to the invention of the atomic bomb, -Einstein played no part in its actual development-, (while his four letters trying to get the bomb built probably don't count for whoever wrote this, the work he did on gassious diffusion do.) and was greatly distressed by its use. (He thought it should not have been used on Japan. He was OK with it being used on Germany. Check your sources.) -First and foremost, Einstein was a pacifist throughout his adult life- (This is also untrue. The writer should give citations when he tries to put political drivel into a scientist's mouth.)<br /> |
| - | On the science frontier, Einstein gained his notoriety for the theory of special relativity,(Actually no. He got his Nobel Prize for something else, and scientists disputed the value of his theory of special relativity for decades) which in general states that measurements of time and space are relative to the frame of reference, and that nothing travels faster than light. He furthered this theory in 1915 with his general theory of relativity, in which he introduced the concept of the space-time continuum and that matter can be converted to energy using the equation (energy = mass x the speed of light, squared).<br /> | + | On the science frontier, Einstein gained his notoriety for the theory of special relativity,(Actually he did get his Nobel Prize for something else, and scientists disputed the value of his theory of special relativity for decades, but his fame is based on his theories of relativity) which in general states that measurements of time and space are relative to the frame of reference, and that nothing travels faster than light. He furthered this theory in 1915 with his general theory of relativity, in which he introduced the concept of the space-time continuum and that matter can be converted to energy using the equation (energy = mass x the speed of light, squared).<br /> |
| | -His pacifism was to get in the way of his aspirations in Germany, and when Hitler rose to power, Einstein left Germany to settle permanently in the United States.- (Again, not true.) In 1952, due to his passionate Zionism and postulations on world peace, Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel, which he ultimately refused. Gaining his American citizenship in 1940, but still retaining his Swiss citizenship that he acquired in 1901, Einstein spent his remaining years instructing and researching in Princeton, New Jersey. | | -His pacifism was to get in the way of his aspirations in Germany, and when Hitler rose to power, Einstein left Germany to settle permanently in the United States.- (Again, not true.) In 1952, due to his passionate Zionism and postulations on world peace, Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel, which he ultimately refused. Gaining his American citizenship in 1940, but still retaining his Swiss citizenship that he acquired in 1901, Einstein spent his remaining years instructing and researching in Princeton, New Jersey. |
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Albert Einstein entry in Wikipedia
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Albert Einstein was not only a very gifted scientist who brought us a much greater understanding of how our universe operates, he was also one of this century's greatest philosophers and thinkers on humanity, politics and peace. Although his research led to the invention of the atomic bomb, Einstein played no part in its actual development, (while his four letters trying to get the bomb built probably don't count for whoever wrote this, the work he did on gassious diffusion do.) and was greatly distressed by its use. (He thought it should not have been used on Japan. He was OK with it being used on Germany. Check your sources.) First and foremost, Einstein was a pacifist throughout his adult life (This is also untrue. The writer should give citations when he tries to put political drivel into a scientist's mouth.)
On the science frontier, Einstein gained his notoriety for the theory of special relativity,(Actually he did get his Nobel Prize for something else, and scientists disputed the value of his theory of special relativity for decades, but his fame is based on his theories of relativity) which in general states that measurements of time and space are relative to the frame of reference, and that nothing travels faster than light. He furthered this theory in 1915 with his general theory of relativity, in which he introduced the concept of the space-time continuum and that matter can be converted to energy using the equation (energy = mass x the speed of light, squared).
His pacifism was to get in the way of his aspirations in Germany, and when Hitler rose to power, Einstein left Germany to settle permanently in the United States. (Again, not true.) In 1952, due to his passionate Zionism and postulations on world peace, Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel, which he ultimately refused. Gaining his American citizenship in 1940, but still retaining his Swiss citizenship that he acquired in 1901, Einstein spent his remaining years instructing and researching in Princeton, New Jersey.
Albert Einstein entry in Wikipedia
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Climb to Fame
Named Time's Person of the Century for the way his scientific and philosophical theories changed the world
Work History
(1933-1955) Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, life member
(1933-1945) Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, Professor of theoretical physics
(1933) Oxford University, Oxford, England, Herbert Spencer Lecturer
(1914-1932) Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, Berlin, Germany, director
(1914-1932) University of Berlin, Berlin Germany, Professor of Physics
(1912-1914) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, Professor of Physics
(1911-1912) German University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Professor of Physics
(1909-1911) University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Associate Professor of Physics
(1908-1909) University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, lecturer
(1902-1909) Swiss Patent Office, Bern, Switzerland, technical assistant
(1901) Winterthur Technical School, Winterthur, Switzerland, teacher
Affiliations
Royal Society of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, fellow;
French Academy of Sciences, fellow
Awards
Albert Einstein has also won numerous Awards
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