Albert Einstein Nomine
The Nominee
In this assignment, I am tasked with nominating a 20th-century figure whose work or artistic contributions can be classified in both the Age of Modernism and the Age of Pluralism for the 20th Century Genius Award. My nominated figure stands out in my mind as a genius of Western culture in many ways. I have nominated the one and only Albert Einstein. This nomination may seem cliché to some, but no one can deny the fact that his work in the world of science and theory is still very much transforming the way we look at space, time and most recently the existence of gravitational waves. His work has been influential in both the Age of Modernism and the Age of Pluralism and I guarantee his works will be studied and proven well into the next undetermined age of civilization.
Who is Albert Einstein? …show more content…
He has influenced many scientists, scholars, and laymen with his ideas of science and mathematics. For instance, Einstein showed that absolute time had to be supplanted by a new absolute: the speed of light. The speed of light theorem is still influential today, even at NASA and Space X. Einstein had no problem disregarding old science and physics. For example, his biography states that, “Einstein envisioned a world where space and time are relative and the speed of light is absolute. At the time, it was believed that space and time were absolute and the speed of light was relative.” (Einstein Symposium, 2005). To add to his already long list of accomplishments, Einstein was extremely influential in modern astronomy. His general relativity theory helped model the function of the universe. The general relativity theory was the catalyst for some of the most far out, and most important concepts in modern times as it pertains to astronomy. Have you heard of E=mc2? This formula is to this day, one of the most used and talked about formulas in modern mathematics in regards to mass and
In this assignment, I am tasked with nominating a 20th-century figure whose work or artistic contributions can be classified in both the Age of Modernism and the Age of Pluralism for the 20th Century Genius Award. My nominated figure stands out in my mind as a genius of Western culture in many ways. I have nominated the one and only Albert Einstein. This nomination may seem cliché to some, but no one can deny the fact that his work in the world of science and theory is still very much transforming the way we look at space, time and most recently the existence of gravitational waves. His work has been influential in both the Age of Modernism and the Age of Pluralism and I guarantee his works will be studied and proven well into the next undetermined age of civilization.
Who is Albert Einstein? …show more content…
He has influenced many scientists, scholars, and laymen with his ideas of science and mathematics. For instance, Einstein showed that absolute time had to be supplanted by a new absolute: the speed of light. The speed of light theorem is still influential today, even at NASA and Space X. Einstein had no problem disregarding old science and physics. For example, his biography states that, “Einstein envisioned a world where space and time are relative and the speed of light is absolute. At the time, it was believed that space and time were absolute and the speed of light was relative.” (Einstein Symposium, 2005). To add to his already long list of accomplishments, Einstein was extremely influential in modern astronomy. His general relativity theory helped model the function of the universe. The general relativity theory was the catalyst for some of the most far out, and most important concepts in modern times as it pertains to astronomy. Have you heard of E=mc2? This formula is to this day, one of the most used and talked about formulas in modern mathematics in regards to mass and