cwnl: On This Day: 9/27/1905 Albert Einstein Describes Space & Time Happy Birthday E=mc^2! Now turning 106 years old Albert Einstein (1879-1955) is considered by many the greatest astrophysicist. He is pictured here in the Swiss Patent Office where he did much of his great work. Einstein’s many visionary scientific contributions include the equivalence of mass and energy (E=mc^2), how the maximum speed limit of light affects measurements of time and space (special relativity), and a more accurate theory of gravity based on simple geometric concepts (general relativity). One reason Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics was to make the prize more prestigious. September 27, 1905 is generally considered the birthday of the equation because that is the day that Einstein’s paper outlining the significance of the equation arrived in the offices of the German journal Annalen der Physik.
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On This Day: 9/27/1905 Albert Einstein Describes Space & Time

Happy Birthday E=mc^2! Now turning 106 years old

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) is considered by many the greatest astrophysicist. He is pictured here in the Swiss Patent Office where he did much of his great work. Einstein’s many visionary scientific contributions include the equivalence of mass and energy (E=mc^2), how the maximum speed limit of light affects measurements of time and space (special relativity), and a more accurate theory of gravity based on simple geometric concepts (general relativity). One reason Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics was to make the prize more prestigious.

September 27, 1905 is generally considered the birthday of the equation because that is the day that Einstein’s paper outlining the significance of the equation arrived in the offices of the German journal Annalen der Physik.

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