Einstein
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Albert 1879–1955, German physicist, U.S. citizen from 1940: formulator of the theory of relativity; Nobel Prize 1921.
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Alfred 1880–1952, German musicologist in U.S.
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(lowercase) a unit of radiant energy, equal to the energy of radiation that is capable of photochemically changing one mol of a photosensitive substance.
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More than a century ago, Albert Einstein and Wander Johannes de Haas demonstrated that changing the magnetization of a material could physically cause it to rotate.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
In 1931, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein was spending his first winter at Caltech, and he wrote to a friend, “Here in Pasadena, it is like Paradise. Always sunshine and clear air …”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
That same year, Einstein introduced another important equation describing the energy of matter: a form of the famous relationship E = mc2.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
AI is still leading the BBC Sport predictions table, but could Albert Einstein be the unlikely inspiration to help Chris Sutton hit back this week?
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
He’d been excited to share it with me after I’d told him I wanted to be the world’s greatest scientist, after Einstein, of course.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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