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Albert Einstein (/ ˈ aɪ n s t aɪ n /, EYEN-styne; [4] German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] ⓘ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics.
Einstein believed the problem of God was the "most difficult in the world"—a question that could not be answered "simply with yes or no". He conceded that "the problem involved is too vast for our limited minds". [11] Einstein explained his view on the relationship between science, philosophy and religion in his lectures of 1939 and 1941:
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Einstein in 1947 This article is part of a series about Albert Einstein Personal Political views Religious views Family Oppenheimer relationship Physics General relativity Mass–energy equivalence (E=MC 2) Brownian motion Photoelectric effect Works Archives Scientific publications by ...
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [7] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Albert Einstein advocated for a socialist planned economy with his 1949 article "Why Socialism?" According to Einstein, the profit motive of a capitalist society, in conjunction with competition among capitalists, leads to unnecessary cycles of booms and depressions, and ultimately encourages selfishness instead of cooperation. [3]
The United States Postal Service honored Einstein with a Prominent Americans series (1965–1978) 8¢ postage stamp. In 2008, Einstein was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. [24] In 2018, Einstein was an inaugural inductee into the Royal Albert Hall's Walk of Fame. In October 1933 he made a speech before a packed out British audience in ...
Einstein used his own general theory of relativity to arrive at this conclusion. [13] A few months after Einstein rejected the existence of Black holes, Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder published a paper that revealed, for the first time, using Einstein's general theory of relativity, how Black holes would form. [13]
Abraham Pais. Before becoming a science historian, Pais was a theoretical physicist and is said to be one of the founders of theoretical particle physics. [6] Pais knew Einstein and they developed a friendship over the last decade of Einstein's life, particularly while they were colleagues at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.