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[[Image:Einstein.jpg|thumb|right|Albert Einstein]]

[[Image:Einstein.jpg|thumb|right|Albert Einstein]]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a theoretical physicist who contributed to the theory of a [[Special Relativity]] and the theory of [[General Relativity]].  He also contributed to the study of Photoelectric Effect, Brownian Motion and Bose-Einstein Statistics.  He was critical of quantum mechanics and has proposed the EPR-Paradox in attempt to point out spooky aspects of the theory.  The last fifteen years of his life were spent in spent unsuccessfully searching for a [[Unified Field Theory]].  Born in Germany in a Jewish familiy, he won the [[Nobel Prize]] for his work on the Photoelectric Effect in 1921.<ref>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/</ref>  He immigrated to the United States in the late 1930s where, upon the urging of a colleague in physics, recommended that President Franklin D. Roosevelt develop an [[atomic bomb]] project.<ref>[http://www.dannen.com/ae-fdr.html]</ref>He later regretted this and became a passionate pacifist.  In 1952, he was offered the Presidency of Israel, but he turned it down.  

'''Albert Einstein''' (1879-1955) was a theoretical physicist who contributed to the theory of a [[Special Relativity]] and the theory of [[General Relativity]].  He also contributed to the study of Photoelectric Effect, Brownian Motion and Bose-Einstein Statistics.  He was critical of quantum mechanics and has proposed the EPR-Paradox in attempt to point out spooky aspects of the theory.  The last fifteen years of his life were spent in spent unsuccessfully searching for a [[Unified Field Theory]].  Born in Germany in a Jewish familiy, he won the [[Nobel Prize]] for his work on the Photoelectric Effect in 1921.<ref>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/</ref>  He immigrated to the United States in the late 1930s where, upon the urging of a colleague in physics, recommended that President Franklin D. Roosevelt develop an [[atomic bomb]] project.<ref>[http://www.dannen.com/ae-fdr.html]</ref>He later regretted this and became a passionate pacifist.  In 1952, he was offered the Presidency of Israel, but he turned it down.  

Einstein's best-known scientific work is his 1905 papers on [[Special Relativity]]. The theory of relativity had already been published by Hendrik Lorentz and [[Henri Poincaré]]. Einstein's contribution was to give a description of the Lorentz-Poincare theory without reference to the luminiferous aether, and to clarify some of the physical consequences of the theory.

Einstein's best-known scientific work is his 1905 papers on [[Special Relativity]]. The theory of relativity had already been published by [[Hendrik Lorentz]] and [[Henri Poincaré]]. Einstein's contribution was to give a description of the Lorentz-Poincare theory without reference to the luminiferous aether, and to clarify some of the physical consequences of the theory.

Einstein then wrote a series of papers applying relativity to gravity using the mathematics of Riemannian Geometry, resulting in [[General Relativity]]. Much of the actual mathematics of general relativity was worked out by Marcel Grossman, David Hilbert, and others. Einstein's main contribution was to give an alternate derivation of the field equations, and to apply them to explain an anomaly in the advance of the perihelion in Mercury's orbit.

Einstein then wrote a series of papers applying relativity to gravity using the mathematics of Riemannian Geometry, resulting in [[General Relativity]]. Much of the actual mathematics of general relativity was worked out by Marcel Grossman, David Hilbert, and others. Einstein's main contribution was to give an alternate derivation of the field equations, and to apply them to explain an anomaly in the advance of the perihelion in Mercury's orbit.

*"Confusion regarding Enstein's Religion"[http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2004/04/confusion.html]

*"Confusion regarding Enstein's Religion"[http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2004/04/confusion.html]

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