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Albert Einstein’s Legacy. A Summary. What is a Legacy?. Something handed down or inherited from generation to generation. The greatest impact on the 20 th century?. Hans Albert. Family. Eduard. Lieserl. Molecular Theory. Special Relativity. Albert Einstein 1879-1955. Science.
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Albert Einstein’s Legacy A Summary
What is a Legacy? Something handed down or inherited from generation to generation. The greatest impact on the 20th century?
Hans Albert Family Eduard Lieserl Molecular Theory Special Relativity Albert Einstein 1879-1955 Science Quantum Mechanics General Relativity Unified Field Theory Pacifism Zionism Society Atomic Energy Culture Albert Einstein’s Legacy Philosophy/Religion
Albert Einstein’s Family Mileva Maric1875-1948 Lieserl Einstein1902-? Albert Einstein1879-1955 Frieda Knecht-1958 Bernhard Caesar1930 - Thomas Martin1955 - Hermann Einstein1847-1902 Hans Albert Einstein1904-1973 Klaus Martin1932-1938 Pauline Koch1858-1920 Paul Winteler-1952 Evelyn1941 - Elizabeth Roboz Maya Einstein1881-1951 Eduard Einstein1910-1965 This tree is based on a quick search and is incomplete. Margot Einstein1899-1986 Rudolf Einstein Elsa Einstein1876-1936 Ilse Einstein1897-1934 Fanny Koch Max Loewenthal1864-1914 Son - 1903 http://genforum.genealogy.com/einstein/messages/13.html - possible genealogy
Brownian Motion Molecular Dynamics Science Molecular Studies Molecular Theory Theory of Solids Specific Heat Atomic TheoryThermodynamicsGases and Solids Quantum Theory Photons Lasers, CD players, … ThermodynamicsSpectra of GasesBlackbody Radiation Quantum Mechanics Photoelectric Effect Optical Communication Challenges to QM Nuclear Structure ElectromagnetismAetherSpeed of LightSpace and Time QED, QCD Space-time Relative Quantum Computing Special Relativity E=mc2 Atomic Energy GravitationPlanetary Motion Mercury’s OrbitAstronomy Time DilationLength Contraction GPS Theory of Gravity Gravitational Waves General Relativity Bending of light Cosmology Black Holes Big Bang Astrophysics General Relativity Unified Field Theory ?? String Theory, TOE Quantum Mechanics
Anti-military E=mc2 Society League of the New Fatherland Letter to Roosevelt Atomic Energy World Government Comm. of Intellectual Cooperation (League of Nations) Pacifism Emergency Committee of Atomic ScientistsBulletin of Atomic Scientists Anti-war Movement 1925-1932 Russell-Einstein Manifesto – 1955 Last letter signed! Pugwash Conferences Jewish, secular house Democratic/Civil rights Hebrew University of Jerusalem Anti-McCarthyism Supported refuge for surviving Jews Zionism Against Arab-Jewish Attacks - 1948 Architecture What is Reality? Offered Israeli Presidency Art, Photography, Video Determinism vs Free Will Philosophy and Religion Literature Origins of the Universe Culture Science Fiction God? Socialism Cultural Icon
Phrases • Time and space are relative. • Matter tells space how to bend and space tells matter how to move • God does not play dice
Quotes • Academic Freedom – “the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true.” • “Mahatma Gandhi's life achievement stands unique in political history. He has invented a completely new and humane means for the liberation war of an oppressed country, and practised it with greatest energy and devotion. The moral influence he had on the conciously thinking human being of the entire civilized world will probably be much more lasting than it seems in our time with its overestimation of brutal violent forces. Because lasting will only be the work of such statesmen who wake up and strengthen the moral power of their people through their example and educational works.We may all be happy and grateful that destiny gifted us with such an enlightened contemporary, a role model for the generations to come.” 1931 • “If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker.” - 1945