Albert Einstein, 20th Century Genius
Albert Einstein, 20th Century Genius
Introduction
Albert Einstein's famous E = mc^2 alone makes him worthy of a special place in human history, since that equation fundamentally changed the way many people think of the universe we live in. Distance and time seem to be absolutes, not capable of change. According to the textbook The Cosmic Perspective, "With extremely precise measurements, the distance you measure between home and work will be different from the distance measured …
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…life, for international peace." (1997)
Though he passed away on 18 April 1955, his legacy lives on to this day and beyond. His brilliant discoveries have truly changed the way we think about our world and the universe.
References
(Bennett, J., Donahue, M., Schneider, N., Voit, M. (2002). The Cosmic Perspective. (2nd ed.)
Addison Wesley. San Francisco, California.
O'Connor, J. & Robertson, E. (1997). Albert Einstein. [Online]. Available: http://www
history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Einstein.html (2004, March 7).
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