Einstein
The Einstein Relativity: A Biography of Albert Einstein
The Einstein name is infamous within any group of people; from children to venerated and esteemed scientists. Even decades after his death, his name emits intelligence and an aura of mystery. Albert Einstein was the most prominent physicist or engineer on the planet. Einstein’s legacy still touches our lives daily, both in sense and in our thinking and learning. Einstein was husband twice, a father of three and a lover many times over. But the thing he was best known for was his mind and his thoughts. He was an innovator, unique, persuasive and relentless in the pursuit of knowledge and truth. But was he an entrepreneur? Can his work be classified as business? Can we, as historians, broaden or narrow the scope of the definition of an entrepreneur to meet our specific case by case basis. The answer is an over-whelming yes. When one hears the word entrepreneur, money and business comes to mind. But the scope of the word is so much more expansive than we usually attribute to it. An entrepreneur can is any person who organizes or manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk; or an employer of productive labor or contractor.1 Looking closely at this definition, Einstein fits the definition of an entrepreneur. Einstein’s contribution to the world might not be one of money, but to some it could be considered so much more valuable. Einstein’s work was full of initiative and overflowing with strife, failure and risk. Einstein’s intellectual properties were in proxy of his monetary successes. Einstein’s childhood was filled with school where he obviously excelled at mathematics at a young age, while at the same time failing in the liberal arts. Albert Einstein published several works that changed the entire field of physics, engineering and completely created the theory of relativity, the idea that non-physical things such as light can be
The Einstein name is infamous within any group of people; from children to venerated and esteemed scientists. Even decades after his death, his name emits intelligence and an aura of mystery. Albert Einstein was the most prominent physicist or engineer on the planet. Einstein’s legacy still touches our lives daily, both in sense and in our thinking and learning. Einstein was husband twice, a father of three and a lover many times over. But the thing he was best known for was his mind and his thoughts. He was an innovator, unique, persuasive and relentless in the pursuit of knowledge and truth. But was he an entrepreneur? Can his work be classified as business? Can we, as historians, broaden or narrow the scope of the definition of an entrepreneur to meet our specific case by case basis. The answer is an over-whelming yes. When one hears the word entrepreneur, money and business comes to mind. But the scope of the word is so much more expansive than we usually attribute to it. An entrepreneur can is any person who organizes or manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk; or an employer of productive labor or contractor.1 Looking closely at this definition, Einstein fits the definition of an entrepreneur. Einstein’s contribution to the world might not be one of money, but to some it could be considered so much more valuable. Einstein’s work was full of initiative and overflowing with strife, failure and risk. Einstein’s intellectual properties were in proxy of his monetary successes. Einstein’s childhood was filled with school where he obviously excelled at mathematics at a young age, while at the same time failing in the liberal arts. Albert Einstein published several works that changed the entire field of physics, engineering and completely created the theory of relativity, the idea that non-physical things such as light can be
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