by Gary S. Berger | Nov 30, 2023 | Albert Einstein Biography, Einstein Nobel Prize, Famous Equation
Albert Einstein is known throughout the world for his theory of relativity. He was only 16 years old when he made his first “rather childish” thought experiments relating to it, as he later recalled. “If a person could run after a light wave with the same speed as...
by Gary S. Berger | Oct 22, 2023 | Albert Einstein Biography, Einstein Nobel Prize, Famous Equation
Q: What did Einstein say about imagination? A: Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” This quote is featured on the opening page and the back cover of Einstein: The Man and His Mind. In it,...
by Gary S. Berger | Aug 28, 2023 | Albert Einstein Biography, Einstein Nobel Prize, Einstein Writers, Famous Equation
Albert Einstein published four ground-breaking papers in rapid succession in 1905 in Annalen der Physik. They are his “miracle year” papers. Einstein was a clerk 3rd class at the Swiss patent office in Bern at the time, having been unable to obtain an...
by Gary S. Berger | Oct 2, 2022 | Famous Equation, Book Excerpt
Einstein’s most famous equation, E=mc2 is also the world’s most famous equation. People often ask, what does E=mc2 mean; why is E=mc2 so famous; why is speed of light in E=mc2; and what is E=mc2 used for today? This brief article answers these questions, based on...