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Einsteinthegreatestscientistofthe20thcentury1introduction2Maincontribution34conclusionCatalogAlbertEinsteinSpirit&philosophyintroductionEinsteinwasbornin1879inUlm,acityinGermany.Asaboy,hewasslowtolearntotalk,butlaterinhischildhoodheshowedgreatcuriosityaboutnatureandabilitytosolvedifficultmathematicalproblems.Afterheleftschool,hewenttoSwitzerland,wherehegraduatedfromtheuniversitywithadegreeinmathematics.AlbertEinsteinIn1905,Einsteinbegantopublishaseriesofpaperswhichshookthewholescientificandintellectualworld,andforthetheoriesheestablishedinthepapershewontheNobelPrizeforPhysicsin1921.BecauseEinsteinwasJewish,whenHitlertookoverGermanyin1933,hehadtoleavethecountryandfinallysettledintheUnitedStates.Therehecontinuedhisstudyonthestructureoftheuniverseuntilhisdeathin1955.MaincontributionThemaincontribution1905Brownianmotion1905Specialrelativity1905Einsteinfieldequation1905Photoelectriceffect1915GeneralRelativity1905E=mc^2Bose-EinsteinstatisticsTheCentury'sGreatestMindsThescientifictouchstonesofthemodernagetheBomb,spacetravel,electronics,Quantumphysicsallbearhisimprint.AboutthegeneralrelativityIngeneralrelativity,timeisconsideredadimensionlikeheight,widthanddepth,creatingafourdimensionaluniversecalledspace-time.Einsteinarguedthatgravityisreallyawarpingofspace-time,withthegreatestdistortionsnearthemostmassiveobjects.Becauselighttravelsinastraightlinethroughthecontoursofspace-time,alightbeamwillcurvewherespace-timecurves,thiscurvingwasfirstmeasuredin1919Spirit&philosophyInhisnativeGermanyhebecameatargetforhatred.AsaJew,aliberal,ahumanist,aninternationalist,heattractedtheenmityofrationalistandanti-semites.Hiswasnowapowerfulvoice,widelyheard,alwaysattendedto,especiallyafterhemovedtotheU.S.Heusedittopromotezionism,pacifism,inhissecret1939lettertoFranklinD.Roosevelt,theconstructionofauraniumbomb.HEISAPACIFISTMeanwhile,likeanydemigod,hemadebitsoflegend:thathefailedmathinschool(nottrue).Thatheopenedabookandfoundanuncashed$1,500checkhehadleftasabookmark(maybe---hewasabsentmindedabouteverydayaffairs).Thathewascarelessaboutsocks,collars,slippers…thathecouldn'tevenrememberhisaddress:112MercerStreetinPrinceton,wherehefinallysettled.Lifeiscasual,workisrigorousHediedtherein1955AndaftertherestofEinsteinhadbeencremated,hisbrainremained,soakingfordecadesinajarofformaldehydebelongingtoDr.ThomasHarvey.NoonehadbotheredtodissectthebrainofFreud,StravinskyorJoyce,butinthe1980s,bitsofEinsteiniangraymatterweremakingtheroundsofcertainneurobiologists,whothuslearned…absolutelynothing.Itwasjustabrainthebrainthatdreamedaplasticfourthdimension,thatbanishedtheether,thatreleasedthepinsbindingustoabsolutespaceandtime,thatrefusedtobelieveGodplayeddice.conclusionAlbertEinsteinwasconsideredthegreatestscientistofthe20thcenturyandoneofthegreatestofalltime.Hisdiscoveriesandtheorieshavegreatlyinfluencedscienceinmanyfields.Thevalueofamanresidesinwhathegivesandnotinwhatheiscapableofreceiving。————AlbertEinsteinTHANKYOU