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Albert Einstein
Includes questions about the life and works of physicist Albert Einstein.
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Why did Albert Einstein say that world war 4 would be fought with sticks and stones?
Because if we have a World War 3, all our technology could be destroyed and we would be back to where we were at the beginning, fighting with sticks and stones.
What happened to Suki Potier's daughters after her death?
Hello, I have been interested in her for a long time and have found that information on Suki is so elusive. I have read that her daughters names are Sarah and Faye. Her husband was Robert Ho, so I assume the girls have that surname. Suki's real name was Melanie Susan Potier. I stumbled upon a family tree site with her listing and was able to access it for a long time, but now cannot seem to find it anymore. Perhaps if we can find that site there may be more leads. I wrote some of the info down, though- Suki- b.nov 14 1947, d.June 23 1981, parents Gilbert and Mary(Moore)Potier, sister Rosemary Sarah(Sally)Potier b.feb 12 1946.
Hopefully this is enlightening and someone out there will find a real answer.
Thank You, Sara
Sisters Suffer Great Loss, Endure With Grace & DignityFaye, the eldest daughter, is active in many not-for-profit organisations in and around Macau.Youngest Sarah is a busy craftswoman, designing her successful line of jewelry.
Why did Einstein win the nobel prize in 1921?
He won the prize for physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect"
What does who so would be a man must be a nonconformist mean?
It means that in order to be a man one must think differently, don't go along with society.
Was Edwin Hubble friends with Albert Einstein?
edwin hubble and albert einstien were friends i know this because im in fifth grade and i did reasearch
How did they prove the special theory of relativity?
Answer #1:
It was proven during an eclipse. During an eclipse, the stars near the sun can be observed and thus calculate by how much the light beam from the stars are deviated due to the mass of the sun. Newtonian physics can calculate this, but is very inaccurate, usually half the actual answer.
Nowadays, highly precise atomic clock can be put onto air crafts and the slight time dilation is exactly the same as special relativity predicted."
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Answer #2: What's wrong with Answer #1:
The eclipse was used to prove General Relativity, not Special Relativity. Gravitational lensing is the domain of the former, not the latter.
Newtonian physics absolutely cannot calculate gravitational lensing. In fact, under Newtonian physics gravitational lensing isn't even possible, since light is massless and so isn't affected by gravity.
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I have a problem with Answer #2.
My understanding is that the photon has no rest mass, but is never at rest, and has plenty of mass at the speed at which it's always moving, namely 'c'.
Seems to me that the energy carried by the photon is its kinetic energy ... 1/2 m v-squared .
We also know that the energy of the photon is (h nu).
So we can say that (h nu) = 1/2 m v-squared.
Massage this for a while, and we arrive at (Mass) = (2h) / (c lambda) . This seems reasonable ... at least it says that the photon mass is inversely proportional to its wavelength, which is exactly what you would expect if the tiny pellet of mass is the energy carrier.
So now tell me where I have gone wrong.
What is madonnas daughters name?
Lourdes Maria Leon (aka Lola) and Mercy James (adopted child from Malawi)
Has the unified field theory been solved?
No, and we're actually not positive there really is a single "theory of everything".
What inspired Albert Einstine to invent the atomic bomb?
he was adicted in atoms
Albert Einstein did not invent the atomic bomb. It was invented by Leo Szilard.
There is no such thing as primitive science. The same laws of science apply today as they do for yesterday and tomorrow! The word science really means 'knowledge'. Most of the time we use the word to refer to the specific methodologies and systems that are involved in experimental research. So Primitive Science can mean 'primitive knowledge'. See link.
How is information gathered from outer space used?
This is a very generic question,
What do you mean by "information"
Humans obtain many different forms of information from outer space, information regarding physics? or do you mean information from satelines?
Does E equals MC squared deal with the power of nuclear weapons?
After your bomb has gone off, you could hypothetically pick up all the pieces of it. If you add up the weight of all the pieces (including all particles), and compare it to the weight of your original bomb, you will find some mass missing. This mass has been converted into energy and this has created the destruction caused by your bomb. How much energy has been created is given by E=MC^2 where M stands for the missing mass and C for the speed of light.
What is the sum to e equals mc2?
There is no sum of e=mc2, it is an equation concerning matter and energy.
e=mc2 stands for: Energy equals mass times the velocity of light squared.
E = M C 2
What 5 scientific papers did Albert Einstein publish?
Well he wrote one where he stated his views on the theory of relativity and how he came to the conclusion of E=MC2 and another about the story how his life got flip turned upside down and i'd like to take a minute just sit right there I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air. In west Philadelphia born and raised on a playground where I spent most of my days chillin out maxin relaxin all cool and shooting some b-ball outside of the school when a couple of guys that were up to no good, started making trouble in my neighborhood. I got in one little fight and my mom got scared and said "your moving with your uncle and aunty in Bel-Air." I listened for a cab and when it came near the license plate said "Fresh" and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say this cab was rare but I thought "Nah forget it. You homes, to Bel-air!". I pulled up to a home about 7 or 8 and I yelled to the cabby "Yo homes, smell ya later!" Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-Air.
How many premiership appearances to win medal?
Players must make ten appearences to win a premiership medal.
What is the hardest riddle that was made by Albert Einstein?
The hardest riddle made by Albert Einstein was made in the late 1800s, and claimed that 98% of the world's population can't solve it. This riddle needs concentration and logic. It is a good brain exercise, too. Here it is:
-In a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.
-In each house lives a person of different nationality.
-These five homeowners drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different kind of cigar and keep a different pet.
Einstein's riddle is: Who owns the fish?
Necessary clues:
1. The British man lives in a red house.
2. The Swedish man keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The Blends smoker lives next to the one who drinks water.
The answer to this riddle is: The German.
Why is it the German? My explanation is: it is the German because it is Albert Einstein's nationality, and he was born in Germany. But this is not the only way to solve this riddle. See the related links to see another way to solve this riddle.
What does E equals mc2 have to do with nuclear fusion?
Some mass is "lost" during nuclear fusion and E = mc2 gives the amount of energy that this "lost" mass will be equal to.
What did albert Einstein say at Mohandas gandhi funeral?
"Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth!".
If Albert Einstein wasn't Jewish why did he have to leave Germany for fear of his life?
Einstein was a native of Switzerland, whose first language was German. He was well known
as a scientist by the time he moved to the USA and became a naturalized American citizen.
He was in fact Jewish, which did in fact have a lot to do with his decision to leave Europe.
While we're on the subject, notice that not everyone who was Jewish and feared for his life
was presented with the opportunity to leave Germany.
What the heck is Einstein's theory of everything?
In order to get to the topic of a theory of everything, it's important to go over some history first. Einstein came up with the theories of general and special relativity. He was concerned mainly with the motions of planets and galaxies. He also believed anything a planet could do, a smaller object could do (he held many of the same views held by Sir Isaac Newton). Einstein was a man of faith. He believed God had created the universe and everything in it, and that it was so perfect that if you knew the forces acting on a planet at any given time, you could predict its motion for eternity. Enter quantum mechanics. Out of his work sprung this new field that stated that at the heart of the smallest subatomic particle, its motion was not governed by forces and charges, etc. but by probability. Einstein hated this new branch of mathematics. He absolutely knew that the universe was perfect, elegant, and beautiful, and that it couldn't possibly be based on chance. Once in a debate with a quantum physicist, Einstein said perhaps his most famous one-liner: "God doesn't play with dice." To make a long story short, Einstein began penning the greatest theory of all time, a combination of general and special relativity applied to a subatomic scale, an equation no longer than one inch that could express all the knowledge of physics in the world, the ultimate blow to the hateful field of quantum mechanics. This theory he called the "Theory of Everything." When it was finally published after years of work, the scientific community beat it down. It contradicted many accepted theories of the day, including relativity. Einstein went back to the drawing board and continued to work until he died, leaving the theory unfinished. By the time he passed away, quantum mechanics had been accepted by science and had even become the basis of the computer industry, so no scientist bothered to pick it up. If you ask me, Einstein let his blind beliefs get the better of his logic, and he wasted the last half of his life chasing his tail. But that's all a matter of opinion. Please note, I cannot cite a source because I don't remember the title, but this information is taken from a documentary I watched in class the other day and I trust it. Hope that helps! Also, let me know if you find a copy of his original six page published theory of everything. I want to read it.
