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Einstein restructured physicist's ideas of the nature of space and time leading to the theories of Special and General Relativity which underpin cosmology. To date, these key theories have been found to be consistent with all known data.
He also was one of the first thinkers to work within the burgeoning field of quantum mechanics, working on the photo electric effect and the nature of light in the early days of quantum physics.
He actually won his first Nobel Prize for the full analysis of Brownian Motion leading to the proof of the existence of the atom, his second Nobel Prize was for his work on the Photoelectric Effect and his third Nobel Prize was for his work on Relativity.
His most famous theory is Special relativity involving the effects of traveling close to the speed of light. His crowning achievement was General relativity which deals with the curvature of space due to mass distributions (but not with effects of travel close to the speed of light, having been already explained by Special relativity) which fully explained the origins of the gravitational force.
Einstein spent much of his later life trying to reconcile all the known forces in the Universe (known as the Grand Unified Theory or GUT) he was unsuccessful. The unification of Quantum Mechanics and relativity is still a 'hot' topic as this would unify Physics of the very small (quantum mechanics) with the Physics of the very large (relativity) and provide a good start towards a GUT.
His imagionation and gift for physics helped him develop ideas that shook the world!
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he is important to us because he contributed so much to the math and science world!!
What was Albert Einstein's most important discovery?
Albert Einstein's most important discovery was the E=mc2 formula which is also the theory
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his career
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Einstein is 'so important' because he created the theory of relativity.
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Why is Albert Einstein so important?
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What was Albert Einstein's most important discovery?
Albert Einstein's most important discovery was the E=mc2 formula which is also the theory
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Albert Einstein did not make the nuclear bomb. Oppenheimer did.
What continent is Albert Einstein from?
Albert Einstein was born in Germany, so, Europe.
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albert einstein got smart by studying
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Why is Einsteinium name after Albert Einstein?
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Why as Albert Einstein co clever?
albert Einstein is so clever because of his brain
