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Einstein, Albert

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NOVA presents a profile of Albert Einstein, with additional teaching resources, Shockwave demonstrations, and animations of relativity concepts.
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NOVA Einstein's Big Idea PBS  Johnstone describes how creativity fuels both art and science. The Equation Today Three young physicists contemplate how a 100-year-old equation figures into their careers. Einstein the Nobody The patent clerk's career prospects looked bleak just before his miracle year of...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/

In-depth article attempts to answer the question of just how smart Einstein was.
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NOVA Einstein's Big Idea Genius Among Geniuses PBS  There is a parlor game physics students play: Who was the greater genius? Galileo or Kepler Galileo Maxwell or Bohr Maxwell, but it's closer than you might think Hawking or Heisenberg A no-brainer, whatever the best-seller lists might say. It's...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/genius/index.html

Collection of articles from Time Magazine portray Einstein as the greatest mind of the 20th century.
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TIME 100: Person of the Century Albert Einstein  The touchstones of the era 151; the Bomb, the Big Bang, quantum physics and electronics 151; all bear his imprint By FREDERIC GOLDEN Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Relativity J. Madeleine Nash: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony Roger Rosenblatt: The Age...
http://www.time.com/time/time100.../magazine/albert_einstein5a.html

Article provides a glimpse into the life of the physicist who is considered the father of modern science. Includes sound file, photographs, timeline, slide show, and quiz. From Time Magazine.
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TIME 100: Albert Einstein  And coiled within a pound of matter, any matter, is the explosive power of 14 million tons of TNT. We know all this, we are set adrift in this way at the end of the 20th century, because of Albert...
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/einstein.html

Short biography and sketch from PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/cstars_eins.html

Online exhibit displays Einstein's scientific contributions, political and cultural concerns, and impact on the world.
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Einstein-Image and Impact. AIP History Center exhibit.  Sign up to find out when we put more exhibits online Einstein en Espaol Albert Einstein: Read about Einstein's astounding theory of relativity and his discovery of the quantum, his thoughtful philosophy, and his rise above a turbulent life including...
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/

An overview of his life, from childhood through the final decades.
http://www.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/xeinstei.html

A short biography written just for kids. Includes introduction geared toward teachers.
http://www.wesleyan.edu/synthesi.../culture-cubed/haas/maintemp.htm

Short biography and portrait along with related links.
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96mar/einstein.html

Jokes, quotes, science facts, pictures, links and relativity describing Einstein's life and work.
http://www.juliantrubin.com/einsteinjokes.html

Tells about the life of the renowned physicist.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/d...ld/whos_who_level2/einstein.html

A student-friendly biography of the father of modern science along with related links.
http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=einstein

Provides a short biography along with a look at Einstein's greatest accomplishments.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0...biographies/albert_einstein.html

Article provides an overview of Einstein's life, along with a detailed look at his theory of relativity.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclope...a_761562147/Einstein_Albert.html