Albert Einstein remains one of the 20th Century’s most enigmatic yet popular figures. His high-minded concepts are more than most adults can handle‚ yet his popularity seems to rise with each passing year. His continuing importance to the world of physics is staggering given the recent advancements in the world of quantum physics. Yet Einstein the man is a much a different person than Einstein the scientist. It is Einstein the man that we see here‚ in this wonderful book by Maree Ferguson Delano
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Albert Einstein was born at Ulm‚ in Württemberg‚ Germany‚ on March 14‚ 1879. He is a German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. He is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. Einstein’s parents were secular‚ middle-class Jews. His father‚ Hermann Einstein‚ was originally a featherbed salesman and later ran
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Albert Einstein 1879-1955 Einstein was undoubtedly the single greatest contributor to science in the 20th century. Few will argue with that point. His gifts to today’s understanding of the universe‚ energy‚ time among others base many branches of modern science. His contributions are not restricted only to the fields of science‚ but also to the individual person: from powerful heads of states to the average citizen. Albert Einstein helped Oppenheimer1 develop the fundamental science needed to
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and against all odds of his life proves his intelligence. Parents of Albert Einstein‚ Hermann Einstein and his wife Pauline Einstein thought that Albert was a very quiet boy. He spoke hardly until age 3. Due to this they thought that son Albert‚ was a slow learner. But it was something else‚ when he did speak‚ he did say the most unusual things. When Albert was 2 years old‚ his mother promised him a surprise gift. Albert was overjoyed‚ thinking she would bring him some new fascinating toy. But
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Albert Einstein is perhaps the single most ingenious scientist in American history. His contributions to science have forever changed scientific world. When Albert Einstein was only four years old he was greatly intrigued by a magnetic compass. The device convinced him that there was so such out there to be discovered. Einstein rebelled against the academic high school because intelligence was only measured in the ability to memorize facts and obey authority. He strongly believed intelligence could
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WORD FORMATION Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space. (Destinations p.35) We often think of ourselves as living in a time of (1) ………… (CONTINUE) technological change and development. We tend to believe that we are unique in history in dealing with a constantly (2) ………… (EVOLVE) world of gadgets‚ devices and innovations. However‚ the end of the nineteenth century and the start of the twentieth was also a time that saw many (3) ………… (REVOLT) changes. People had needed
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In November of 1919‚ at the age of 40‚ Albert Einstein became an overnight celebrity‚ thanks to a solar eclipse. An experiment had confirmed that light rays from distant stars were deflected by the gravity of the sun in just the amount he had predicted in his theory of gravity‚ General Relativity. General Relativity was the first major new theory of gravity since Isaac Newton’s‚ more than two hundred and fifty years earlier. Einstein became a hero‚ and the myth building began. Headlines appeared
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What I find most admirable about Albert Einstein is the way he thought up his theories and had the ability to conduct experiments on them. By doing this‚ he answered many questions of the scientific realm of the world. Some of the traits I admire are: 1. A trait I admire is his curiosity because he always wanted to find out how things worked. When he was five years old his father gave him a compass. It was a mystery to him. He wanted to know why the arrow always pointed north. His father
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Einstein became an American citizen in 1940. Not long after settling into his career at the Institute for Advanced Study (in Princeton‚ New Jersey)‚ he expressed his appreciation of the "meritocracy" in American culture when compared to Europe. According to Isaacson‚ he recognized the "right of individuals to say and think what they pleased"‚ without social barriers‚ and as result‚ the individual was "encouraged" to be more creative‚ a trait he valued from his own early education. Einstein writes:
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Albert Einstein is an icon in the field of science and regarded as the most important and influential scientist of the twentieth century. Einstein gained notoriety for his Annus Mirabilis papers‚ his theory of relativity and receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics. His brilliant discoveries affected the way the world and the universe are perceived. Furthermore‚ he won over the common people even though he spoke the complicated language of mathematics. Synopsis of Einstein’s life and times Albert
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