Mikayla Osborne
Miss Appell
Honors english2
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is
limited, imagination encircles the world.”- Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein is
one, if not the, most important scientists of all time. He was a brilliant and
humble man who changed the way we view science. Over the course of his life he
recei
Who else can say they did that? This is why Albert Einstein should win the Giant
Difference Award.
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. The
next year his family moved to Munich, Germany. His parents were Hermann, a
businessman, and Pauline Kock Einstein. Maja, Albert’s sister, was born in
1881.When he was around the age of five years old Albert’s father showed him a
magnetic compass. It filled him with wonder and thus began his yearning for
knowledge. Though he did well in the subjects he was interested in, he fell
behind in subjects such as Greek, which bored him. When Albert was 15 his family
decided to move to Milan, Italy in 1884; however, Albert didn’t join them till
1895, when he quit school in Germany because of their teaching methods. At this
time he renounced his German citizenship and was a “free agent” for five years.
If he did not renounce his citizenship he would either be consider a traitor to
Germany or would have to return and join the army. His first scientific essay
was written in the spring and summer of 1895 when he was only sixteen. In the
fall of that year he applied for college at the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, commonly called the Polytechnic. He didn’t qualify but the director
told him to go to the highly recommended Swiss high school and then reapply. In
1896 he was accepted by Polytechnic. It was hard to find a job after college
because of his poor recommendations and cocky attitude. But in 1901 he wrote a
research article on the theory of liquids that was published in an important
German scientific journal called the Annalen der Physic. That same year
Einstein became a Swiss citizen. In the summer of 1902 Einstein finally found a
steady job at the Swiss Patent Office. That fall his father, Hermann, died, but
consented to his sons’ marriage to Mileava Maric, which took place in 1903.
Their first son, Hans, was born in 1904. In 1905 Albert published four articles
in the Annalen der Physic that
revolutionized science. In 1914 Albert divorces Mileva. Skip forward several
years, in 1919 he won the University of Rostock honorary doctorate; 1921 the
Princeton University honorary doctorate. That same year he was awarded the Nobel
Prize for Physics, for his work on the photoelectric effect. In 1936 his wife
Elsa died. He becomes an American citizen in 1940. Isreal offers Albert
presidency in 1952 but he declines. On April 18,1955 Albert Einstein dies of a
ruptured aortic aneurysm at the age of 76.
A decades old puzzle, unknown to Einstein, was explained by one
of his papers that was a “prequel” to another paper. In the first paper Einstein
explained his theory of a statistical molecular theory of liquids. The second
paper applied the molecular theory of heat to liquids. The “Brownian Motion” was
named after Robert Brown who in 1828 noticed even tinier molecular molecules
mixed in with pollen in a glass of still water that exhibited an incessant,
irregular “swarming” motion. Einstein however, predicted that the random motions
of molecules in a liquid impacting on lager suspended particles would result in
irregular, random motions of the particles, which could be directly observed
under a microscope. The predicted motion corresponded precisely with the
puzzling Brownian Motion. From this motion Einstein accurately determined the
dimensions of the hypothetical molecules. Since these molecules are
“hypothetical” there are some who wonder if they don’t even exist even though
our advanced technology today says otherwise. Some people may even think there’s
something smaller than an atom. By proving people wrong with his experiments and
theories that have aided in our technological advancement he is one of the
smartest people to ever live.
Another one of Einstein’s most famous discoveries was that of
the theory of Special Relativity. This theory was based on two key principles:
the principle of relativity(the laws of physics don’t change, even for objects
moving in inertial frames of reference) and the principle of the speed of
light(the speed of light is the same for all observers regardless of their
motion relative to the light source). The genius of Einstein’s discoveries is
that he looked at the experiments and assumed that the findings were true. This
was the exact opposite of what other physicists seemed to be doing. Instead of
assuming the theory was correct and that the experiments failed, he assumed that
the experiments were correct and the theory had failed. Now there are people who
would argue that because of the way Einstein went about his findings, that they
are inadmissible. But to argue that point, all good scientists must take a
theory or experiment in more than one way. If they didn’t they could then twist
the facts and failures of their experiments to fit their theory. Because of what
Einstein did ,by thinking outside the box, he explained how to interpret motion
between different inertial frames of reference. He paved a path of a new way of
thinking which makes him an innovator of his field, which is just one more
reason he should win the Giant Difference
Award.
Einstein’s theories sprang from a ground of ideas prepared by
decades of experiments. His famous equation of E=mc(squared) is no exception. It
is debatable whether Einstein used Albert Michelson and Edward Morely’s
experiment from 1887. But the deep connection Einstein discovered between energy
and mass is expressed in his equation. Though full confirmation was slow in
coming, in Paris in 1933, Ire`ne` and Fre`de`ric Joliot-Curie took a photograph
showing the conversion of energy into mass. Before the Curies took this
photograph there were many skeptics and people who would find it impossible to
measure the conversion of energy into mass. But after the photograph was taken
by another pair of scientists it left few doubters. With his wild ideas and
theories which ended up changing science he struggled with the science
community. Just one more reason he is a perfect candidate for this
award.
Albert Einstein was a brilliant person who changed science with
his discoveries. He was a humble and down to earth who left behind a legacy
never to be forgotten, and deserves the Giant Difference Award. “I have no
special talents. I am only passionately curious.”- Albert
Einstein.
Miss Appell
Honors english2
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is
limited, imagination encircles the world.”- Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein is
one, if not the, most important scientists of all time. He was a brilliant and
humble man who changed the way we view science. Over the course of his life he
recei
Who else can say they did that? This is why Albert Einstein should win the Giant
Difference Award.
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. The
next year his family moved to Munich, Germany. His parents were Hermann, a
businessman, and Pauline Kock Einstein. Maja, Albert’s sister, was born in
1881.When he was around the age of five years old Albert’s father showed him a
magnetic compass. It filled him with wonder and thus began his yearning for
knowledge. Though he did well in the subjects he was interested in, he fell
behind in subjects such as Greek, which bored him. When Albert was 15 his family
decided to move to Milan, Italy in 1884; however, Albert didn’t join them till
1895, when he quit school in Germany because of their teaching methods. At this
time he renounced his German citizenship and was a “free agent” for five years.
If he did not renounce his citizenship he would either be consider a traitor to
Germany or would have to return and join the army. His first scientific essay
was written in the spring and summer of 1895 when he was only sixteen. In the
fall of that year he applied for college at the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, commonly called the Polytechnic. He didn’t qualify but the director
told him to go to the highly recommended Swiss high school and then reapply. In
1896 he was accepted by Polytechnic. It was hard to find a job after college
because of his poor recommendations and cocky attitude. But in 1901 he wrote a
research article on the theory of liquids that was published in an important
German scientific journal called the Annalen der Physic. That same year
Einstein became a Swiss citizen. In the summer of 1902 Einstein finally found a
steady job at the Swiss Patent Office. That fall his father, Hermann, died, but
consented to his sons’ marriage to Mileava Maric, which took place in 1903.
Their first son, Hans, was born in 1904. In 1905 Albert published four articles
in the Annalen der Physic that
revolutionized science. In 1914 Albert divorces Mileva. Skip forward several
years, in 1919 he won the University of Rostock honorary doctorate; 1921 the
Princeton University honorary doctorate. That same year he was awarded the Nobel
Prize for Physics, for his work on the photoelectric effect. In 1936 his wife
Elsa died. He becomes an American citizen in 1940. Isreal offers Albert
presidency in 1952 but he declines. On April 18,1955 Albert Einstein dies of a
ruptured aortic aneurysm at the age of 76.
A decades old puzzle, unknown to Einstein, was explained by one
of his papers that was a “prequel” to another paper. In the first paper Einstein
explained his theory of a statistical molecular theory of liquids. The second
paper applied the molecular theory of heat to liquids. The “Brownian Motion” was
named after Robert Brown who in 1828 noticed even tinier molecular molecules
mixed in with pollen in a glass of still water that exhibited an incessant,
irregular “swarming” motion. Einstein however, predicted that the random motions
of molecules in a liquid impacting on lager suspended particles would result in
irregular, random motions of the particles, which could be directly observed
under a microscope. The predicted motion corresponded precisely with the
puzzling Brownian Motion. From this motion Einstein accurately determined the
dimensions of the hypothetical molecules. Since these molecules are
“hypothetical” there are some who wonder if they don’t even exist even though
our advanced technology today says otherwise. Some people may even think there’s
something smaller than an atom. By proving people wrong with his experiments and
theories that have aided in our technological advancement he is one of the
smartest people to ever live.
Another one of Einstein’s most famous discoveries was that of
the theory of Special Relativity. This theory was based on two key principles:
the principle of relativity(the laws of physics don’t change, even for objects
moving in inertial frames of reference) and the principle of the speed of
light(the speed of light is the same for all observers regardless of their
motion relative to the light source). The genius of Einstein’s discoveries is
that he looked at the experiments and assumed that the findings were true. This
was the exact opposite of what other physicists seemed to be doing. Instead of
assuming the theory was correct and that the experiments failed, he assumed that
the experiments were correct and the theory had failed. Now there are people who
would argue that because of the way Einstein went about his findings, that they
are inadmissible. But to argue that point, all good scientists must take a
theory or experiment in more than one way. If they didn’t they could then twist
the facts and failures of their experiments to fit their theory. Because of what
Einstein did ,by thinking outside the box, he explained how to interpret motion
between different inertial frames of reference. He paved a path of a new way of
thinking which makes him an innovator of his field, which is just one more
reason he should win the Giant Difference
Award.
Einstein’s theories sprang from a ground of ideas prepared by
decades of experiments. His famous equation of E=mc(squared) is no exception. It
is debatable whether Einstein used Albert Michelson and Edward Morely’s
experiment from 1887. But the deep connection Einstein discovered between energy
and mass is expressed in his equation. Though full confirmation was slow in
coming, in Paris in 1933, Ire`ne` and Fre`de`ric Joliot-Curie took a photograph
showing the conversion of energy into mass. Before the Curies took this
photograph there were many skeptics and people who would find it impossible to
measure the conversion of energy into mass. But after the photograph was taken
by another pair of scientists it left few doubters. With his wild ideas and
theories which ended up changing science he struggled with the science
community. Just one more reason he is a perfect candidate for this
award.
Albert Einstein was a brilliant person who changed science with
his discoveries. He was a humble and down to earth who left behind a legacy
never to be forgotten, and deserves the Giant Difference Award. “I have no
special talents. I am only passionately curious.”- Albert
Einstein.