Einstein Quotes
"The monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative
mind."
-Albert Einstein - From Civilization and
Science, October 3, 1933.
Career
While Einstein worked in the patent office, he had
his "miracle year".
The year was 1905. He submitted his doctorate
paper AND
submitted four scientific papers to a well known physics
journal,
"Annalen der Physik".
These four papers were on the photoelectric
effect,Brownian motion,
special relativity, and the equivalence of matter and
energy. Thus E=mc2
was born, showing that tiny amounts of matter could
produce massive
amounts of energy. This opened the door to nuclear
power development.
The papers didn't generate much interest at
first. Eventually however, Max
Planck, a very influential physicist of the time,began
showing interest in
Einstein's theories, and this helped bring Einstein's
works to the public eye.
His general theory of relativity is now a foundation of
modern physics,
alongside quantum mechanics. Over the years,
Einstein published more
than 300 scientific papers and more than 150
non-scientific works.
Photo:
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/07/25/dr-tolman-and-professor-einstein/
Einstein Trivia
Remember how Einstein loved to sail? His sailboat
was seized by the Nazis in 1933 on the alleged grounds
that it could be used for smuggling supplies and storing
weapons for the communists.
Photo:
http://sailboatinstruments.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html