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He gained the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1925 and the Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1935.
He gained the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1925 and the Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1935.
Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 [[http://www.einstein-website.de/z_information/variousthings.html#president]] but respectfully declined because he believed his life-long scientific attitude of objectivity made him an inappropriate candidate for such a high political position, he was also strongly opposed to nationalism.
In 1999, he was named "Person of the Century" by Time magazine.
In 1999, he was named "Person of the Century" by Time magazine.
==Einstein and the A-bomb==
In 1939 research done by several leading scientists including [[Enrico Fermi]] regarding chain reactions of nuclear fission prompted Einstein to write a letter to President [[Roosevelt]] [[http://hypertextbook.com/eworld/einstein.shtml]] to warn him about the possibility of nuclear weapons and that Nazi [[Germany]] had already taken an interest in this technology.
Einstein himself has never been involved in the Manhattan project led by Fermi and he condemned the use of nuclear weapons.
Germany was never able to develop nuclear weapons, partly because it rejected "Jewish science" which included the work of Einstein, as a consequence German physicists had to reinvent nuclear physics.
==Controversy Surrounding His Death==
==Controversy Surrounding His Death==