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Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for his theory of relativity and
specifically mass-energy equivalence, E = mc2. He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and
especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect."
Einstein's many contributions to physics include his special theory of relativity, which reconciled mechanics with electromagnetism, and his
general theory of relativity which extended the principle of relativity to non-uniform motion, creating a new theory of gravitation. His other
contributions include relativistic cosmology, capillary action, critical opalescence, classical problems of statistical mechanics and their
application to quantum theory, an explanation of the Brownian movement of molecules, atomic transition probabilities, the quantum theory of a
monatomic gas, thermal properties of light with low radiation density (which laid the foundation for the photon theory), a theory of radiation
including stimulated emission, the conception of a unified field theory, and the geometrization of physics.
Works by Albert Einstein include more than fifty scientific papers but also non-scientific works, including About Zionism: Speeches and
Lectures by Professor Albert Einstein. (1930), "Why War?" (1933, co-authored by Sigmund Freud), The World As I See It (1934), Out of My Later
Years (1950), and a book on science for the general reader, The Evolution of Physics (1938, co-authored by Leopold Infeld).
In 1999 Einstein was named Time magazine's "Person of the Century", and a poll of prominent physicists named him the greatest physicist of all
time. In popular culture the name "Einstein" has become synonymous with genius.
We think he's a friggin' genius. If he says you can make loads of cash with his special theory of relatively easy money, then you can take
that to the bank. In fact, you should probably check to make sure your bank can actually hold all the money you'll make. Most banks aren't up to
the task.
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