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He was in Shanghai in 1921 when he found out he had won a Nobel Prize for Physics |
Einstein
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SCIENCE |
2009-05-29 |
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Born in Germany in 1879, he fled to America in 1932 & became a U.S. citizen in 1940 |
Einstein
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SCIENCE GUYS |
2008-05-02 |
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At a 1944 auction a copy of his paper on the special theory of relativity brought a $6.5-mil. pledge in war bonds |
Einstein
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SCIENCE GUYS |
2006-10-16 |
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In 1933 he joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.; he became a U.S. citizen in 1940 |
Albert Einstein
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MEN OF SCIENCE |
2005-05-30 |
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This German-born physicist said, "do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are... greater" |
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THE SCIENCE GEEK |
2005-01-31 |
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In 1909, after 7 years with the Swiss Patent Office, he became a professor at the University of Zurich |
Albert Einstein
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MEN & WOMEN OF SCIENCE |
2004-12-30 |
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Alan Lightman meditated on the nature of time in this physicist's "Dreams" |
Einstein
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BOOKS ABOUT SCIENCE |
2003-12-23 |
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This German-born American physicist won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics |
Albert Einstein
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SCIENCE |
2003-04-28 |
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His 1905 paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" contained his special theory of relativity |
Albert Einstein
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SCIENCE |
2002-11-08 |
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In 1905 this way cool scientist published his special theory of relativity |
Albert Einstein
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BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY |
1999-09-09 |
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By then living in the U.S., he was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 |
Albert Einstein
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GIANTS OF SCIENCE |
1997-10-03 |
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In 1905 this physicist proposed that photons were the carriers of electromagnetic energy |
Albert Einstein
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GENERAL SCIENCE |
1997-02-27 |
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He's the physicist called "The Father of Relativity" |
Albert Einstein
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SCIENCE & SCIENTISTS |
1995-10-30 |
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He was living in Switzerland when he discovered the equivalence of mass & energy in 1907 |
Albert Einstein
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SCIENCE |
1993-03-08 |
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In 1905 he was the first to propose the existence of particles of light called photons |
Einstein
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SCIENCE |
1991-05-23 |
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The laser is based on principles 1st proposed by this German genius in 1916 |
Einstein
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PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
1986-01-29 |
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