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- Today is a banner date for the human race: Albert Einstein presented his field equations for the general theory of relativity 100 years ago today.
Martin Winfree
November 25, 2015
Today is a banner date for the human race: Albert Einstein presented his field equations for the general theory of relativity 100 years ago today. If a comparable feat has been achieved in any field of science before or since, I sure don’t know what it would be. #AlbertEinstein is still the yardstick by which genius is measured – indeed, his name is basically synonymous with genius – and even though most of us (including myself) don’t entirely understand the theory and all of its implications, much of what we call the modern world can be traced back to this monumental achievement.
Betty Northcott Snitzer
Did he ever win a Nobel Prize?
Martin Winfree
Good question, Betty; let me check . . . Yes, he won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics. I thought he must have.
Betty Northcott Snitzer
I would have been surprised if he didn’t—