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Albert Einstein (March 14,
1879 – April 18, 1955) was a
German-born theoretical
physicist who is best known for
his theory of relativity and
specifically mass-energy
equivalence, E = mc2. He was
awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in
Physics "for his services to
Theoretical Physics, and
especially for his discovery of
the law of the photoelectric
effect."
Einstein's many contributions
to physics include his special
theory of relativity, which
reconciled mechanics with
electromagnetism, and his
general theory of relativity
which extended the principle of
relativity to non-uniform
motion, creating a new theory
of gravitation. His other
contributions include
relativistic cosmology,
capillary action, critical
opalescence, classical problems
of statistical mechanics and
their application to quantum
theory, an explanation of the
Brownian movement of molecules,
atomic transition
probabilities, the quantum
theory of a monatomic gas,
thermal properties of light
with low radiation density
(which laid the foundation for
the photon theory), a theory of
radiation including stimulated
emission, the conception of a
unified field theory, and the
geometrization of physics.
Works by Albert Einstein
include more than fifty
scientific papers but also
non-scientific works, including
About Zionism: Speeches and
Lectures by Professor Albert
Einstein. (1930), "Why War?"
(1933, co-authored by Sigmund
Freud), The World As I See It
(1934), Out of My Later Years
(1950), and a book on science
for the general reader, The
Evolution of Physics (1938,
co-authored by Leopold
Infeld).
In 1999 Einstein was named Time
magazine's "Person of the
Century", and a poll of
prominent physicists named him
the greatest physicist of all
time. In popular culture the
name "Einstein" has become
synonymous with genius.
In 1921, Einstein was awarded
the Nobel Prize in Physics,
"for his services to
Theoretical Physics, and
especially for his discovery of
the law of the photoelectric
effect". This refers to his
1905 paper on the photoelectric
effect: "On a Heuristic
Viewpoint Concerning the
Production and Transformation
of Light", which was well
supported by the experimental
evidence by that time. The
presentation speech began by
mentioning "his theory of
relativity [which had] been the
subject of lively debate in
philosophical circles [and]
also has astrophysical
implications which are being
rigorously examined at the
present time." (Einstein
1923)
Einstein travelled to New York
City in the United States for
the first time on April 2,
1921. When asked where he got
his scientific ideas, Einstein
explained that he believed
scientific work best proceeds
from an examination of physical
reality and a search for
underlying axioms, with
consistent explanations that
apply in all instances and
avoid contradicting each other.
He also recommended theories
with visualizable results
(Einstein 1954).
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