THE ULTIMATE
On this day, 18th April 1955, Albert Einstein the German born physicist died.
Einstein is considered the most famous scientist winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, and his Theory of Relativity is a key aspect of modern Physics. His formula 'E=MC squared' is probably the most famous equation in the world. He became a Swiss citizen, and also a US citizen after the Nazi takeover of Germany, knowing that his Jewish background meant he couldn't return to Germany in that era. His fame is in part due to his academic brilliance, with him being seeing as the archetypal genius, as well as his instantly recognisable looks with his seemingly electrically charged white hair of his later years. His theories including the warping of space and time, and the impact of gravitational waves and black holes. He was influential in getting the US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to develop nuclear weapons, for fear Nazi Germany was already on that path. An act that deeply troubled him later, due to his pacifist views, but he was glad the Nazis didn't manage to gain them. He loved the freedom of the USA, but was critical of the racism in US society that he saw being passed on from one generation to the next and said he would refuse to keep quiet about it.
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