Essays on Albert Einstein

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Dyslexia and Motivation
When one thinks of a motivated individual, one often thinks of a stereotype. The individual is usually formally educated, sharply dressed, and on the fast track to an Ivy League university. They do not have any special needs that hold them back from their studies, because how could anybody with difficulties in math or reading ever succeed in the real world? Actually, individuals with difficulties in school sometimes end up being quite successful in the real world, particularly those with dyslexia. Dyslexic individuals are prone to thinking outside the box, being pushed harder by their teachers,

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What we accept as knowledge today is not always accepted as true tomorrow. Knowledge is more than a collection of facts on a particular topic. That is just information. Knowledge includes the assumption of a greater understanding as to how the facts work together. This means establishing connections between the facts, establishing meaning, providing evidence, considering the implications and arriving at a level of knowledge with a reasonable degree of certainty. This allows the assemblage of a body of knowledge that can be viewed from different perspectives and provides insight into a topic and how it fits into the

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Introduction

The special theory of relativity is a theory proposed by Albert Einstein in 1905 that illustrates light and matter propagation at high speeds.

Einstein’s theory is based on two main ideas:

The principle of relativity: stipulates that the law of physics is invariable for anything that is in constant motion.
The principle of speed of light: stipulates that the speed of light is also constant for any object in any point from which it is being referred. This means that it the same for various observers regardless of their movement in relation to the source of light. Einstein established this principle after noticing a rational flaw in

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This essay is written by William Golding, is a case in point when talking of classification of thinkers. Many people never ponder what William Golding expresses an analysis of his hobby through thinking (Golding 194). He spent a great time of his life developing the classifications and division of the different categories of thinkers. These were classified in to grade-one, two, and three thinking. The effectual use of categorization portrays how things that are very similar could be very different from some point of view. Golding depicts the first category of thinking and he named it grade-three thinking, which

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Procedures in the Physical Sciences

Part 1: Challenges in Measurement
- Direct measurement in the field of physics refers to the process of exactly measuring the subject that the physicists is seeking to measure. However, the field of physics is challenged in making direct measurements. For instance, the key tenets of uncertainty principle makes it impossible for scientist to directly measure the wave function to be able to determine the state of a quantum system (University of Rochester, 2013). In the development of quantum systems, measuring the polarization of the sate of light was the foundation of direct measurement by determining related variables known

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Introduction

In this world of science, the theory of relativity has certainly revolutionized the way people use to interpret the world, they are living in. Hence, the theory, E=mc^2, invented by the world’s famous scientist, Albert Einstein, has an important significance not only in physics but also in other domains of life for everyone. Keeping this notion in mind, ‘Harald Fritzsch’ wrote the book “E=mc^2 - An Equation That Changed the World” to bring into limelight the meaning and importance of this theory to the people of non-scientific background. The author creates a fictitious character named Haller

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The prevailing culture of a period can have a major impact on literature. Events can both inspire and suppress literature. A great example of this is the Nazi period in German literature. Within Germany itself, books were censored and even burned. The list of banned authors included Berthold Brecht, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Engels, Franz Kafka, Jack London, Thomas Mann, and Erich Maria Remarque. Thus an entire generation of Germans basically grew up without the Theory of Relativity, Freudian theory, an understanding of class struggles, and All Quiet on the Western Front. At the same time, there was

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The movie entitled Einstein’s Big Idea, produced by the PBS series Nova analyzes the implications of the theory of relativity, which came to a conclusion that mass and energy are the same thing, related by the formula E=mc2 . The two- hour program traces the 300 years of key developments culminating to Einstein’s revolutionary formula, featuring an easy to understand flow chart of the core concepts, and portraits of main participants. Starting from Michael Faraday to Einstein, Big Idea demonstrates systematically how these visionaries, piece by piece came up with a new theory about how the universe operates.

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Bob Dylan’s song’s Desolation Road is dense with allusions to mythical, fictional and historical subjects. When a reporter asked Dylan where desolation row was located he was told, “Oh, that's some place in Mexico, it's across the border.”
We’ll start with the allusion to, “Ophelia” who is a tragic character from Shakespeare’s hamlet. The reason she is simply tragic instead of a tragic heroine, is because instead of overcoming her weaknesses and overcome her adversaries, she crumbles into insanity. That fits in with mold of the song. T
The song establishes the theme with when

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No one has ever seen a black hole with their own eyes but everyone has heard about black holes. New technology for making telescopes has helped scientists learn more details about black holes but the principles of physics give us our basic understanding.
When a massive star dies the type of black hole formed is a stellar black hole. The star caves in on itself when it dies forming a black hole. (Figure 1) When a star with a huge mass dies, part of the start explodes into space – that is a supernova. The area of a black hole

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In 1905, Einstein determined that the laws of physics apply in the same manner to all non-accelerating observers. He also determined that the speed of light in a vacuum was not dependent on the motion of all observers. Einstein called this, the law of special relativity. This theory introduced a new framework for physics by proposing new concepts of time and space. Einstein argued that the time-space around the earth could not only be distorted but also twisted due to the planet’s rotation (Einstein, 1950). Newton quantified the force between two objects (gravity) by his three laws of

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The brutal fact of death is one that has puzzled humanity from the beginning of time, and one of humanity’s first quests was to find a way around it. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the hero travels to the underworld to find the secret to eternal life, to bring his friend back from the dead. However, after receiving the secret, he then loses it while carelessly taking a bath, as a snake eats the magical plant. Nathaniel Hawthorne also noted the fact that death will intervene whether we are ready for it or not: “[t]he founders of

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Considered the world’s most famous Scientist, Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm Southern Germany (Saw 35). His father was in the electronics industry. Despite being considered imprudent, he was naturally talented and curious and had an interest in contemporary scientific developments (Saw 35). He later on moved to Switzerland, securing a job in which he was expected to study the descriptions sent in by inventors and decide whether he inventions were new and deserved a patent. Since some of the patents were poorly written, he had to rewrite them thereby managing to acquire the

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Introduction

The photoelectric effect can be defined as an ejection or emission of electrons a metallic surface as a response to a light incident. Energy within an incident light is taken in by electrons inside the metallic surface. This provides the electrons with the necessary to be emitted from the metal’s surface. There have been many discoveries by many scientists such as Einstein and Maxwell who have identified different experiments of justifying the photoelectric effect. This experiment is the simplest and most convincing and direct proof of the photons existence as well as electromagnetic radiation and light’s ‘corpuscular’

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Throughout the history of humanity there were certain “facts” considered proven and established “laws of nature” universally known to be absolutely known to be correct, until they were subsequently discovered to be wrong. Everyone knew time and space were fixed. Einstein proved they were relative. Einstein “proved” nothing could travel faster than light. Since then physicists discovered photons and pulses sometimes can break light speed; then in 2011 CERN observed subatomic particles traveling faster than the speed of light. Everyone including our most brilliant computer scientist, renowned mathematicians and Homer Simpson has been trying to find out if P ≠

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Structure and Function of lobes in the cerebral cortex

In human brain, the largest part is the cortex. This part has the task of undertaking functions, which include action and thought. Human brain cerebral cortex comprises of four sections identified as lobes; temporal lobe, parietal lobe, frontal lobe, and occipital lobe. Temporal lobe has the role of perception, as well as recognition of memory, speech, and auditory stimuli. Parietal lobe on its own is linked to the movement, stimuli perception, recognition, and orientation. The frontal lobe is associated with problem solving, emotions, movement, parts of speech, planning, and reasoning.

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Introduction

The subject about time and how time travels is really very fascinating. What is time? What is time travel? Is time travel really possible? We naturally know what time is since we sense it every day but we cannot seem to completely define it. The question of time travel is also very hard to answer. A deeper question is to ask if time is real. Another is to know if time just moves into one direction only. Does time have a beginning or an end? Up to now, we have never truly answered these questions with great satisfaction. By

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In May 1949, Albert Einstein, the renowned physicist, wrote an essay for Monthly Review magazine in which he claimed that capitalism was throttling the education system. His view was that the capitalists controlled “the main sources of information” and listed these as being “press, radio, education” (Einstein, 1949). The essay was entitled Why Socialism and directly addresses the ‘evils’ which capitalism inflicts upon society. In short, Einstein’s argument was that capitalists have their own agendas and motivations – making them the absolute worst influence that could exist over education. His claim is that children must be taught to think

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