Carlos I. Calle

Albert Einstein revolutionized science with his famous writings on relativity and quantum physics. But Einstein was more than a scientist — he was also a complex and well-respected man and an NAACP member who called racism America's "worst disease."

When Einstein began his research as an amateur scientist, there were two major problems: Light was known to be a wave but had to be considered as made up of lumps — not waves — to explain the ultraviolet catastrophe (the observation that hot objects emit less ultraviolet light and more light of other colors).In mechanics, the results of experiments are identical in motion or at rest (all motion is relative, and there is no absolute motion).

Einstein obviously had a tremendous influence on the scientific community and the entire world. Einstein enjoyed people's company and learned a great deal from those around him – including the two women whom he married over the course of his life. First wife, Mileva Mileva Maric was the only female physics major at the Polytechnic in Zurich, where Einstein went to college.

For those of us who keep our eyes fixed to the heavens, Einstein's theory of special relativity has thrilling implications. Namely, the relativity of time and space allows for the possibility of human interstellar travel. The nearest stars to Earth, the binary stars Proxima and Alpha Centauri, are about four light-years away.

The energy of a nuclear bomb comes from inside the nucleus of the atom. Mass is converted into energy according to E = mc2. This energy is the binding energy of the nucleus, the glue that keeps the nucleus of the atom together. Radiating particles In some cases, the nuclear force is not able to keep a nucleus all together, and the nucleus loses some of its particles.

James Clerk Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism tells us that light is an electromagnetic wave traveling at 300,000 kilometers per second (kps). Maxwell's equations tell us that changing electric and magnetic fields create and sustain each other even in regions where there are no electric charges to accelerate or magnets to move.

Albert Einstein shared his scientific theories and discoveries through numerous books and papers. His theory of relativity made its first appearance in 1905 but was expanded upon and explained in many subsequent writings. The most important of Einstein's writings are listed here: 1905 March 17. The light quantum paper: "On a heuristic point of view concerning the production and transformation of light.

Albert Einstein and his theories of relativity and quantum physics is celebrated the world over. Einstein, the scientist, is familiar to all; Einstein, the man, is less well-known. The following list contains basic facts about Einstein's life: Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany, and was raised in Munich.