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Robert L. Piccioni, Ph.D.

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Albert Einstein, general relativity, special relativity

Einstein struggled for success. His overt contempt for authority brought him to the brink of professional and personal failure.


Einstein's solution of the mystery of the Photoelectric Effect earned him celebrity and the Nobel Prize. He explained that light was composed of individual particles we call photons.

 

Albert Einstein, general relativity, special relativity, photoelectric effect
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Albert Einstein, general relativity, special relativity, physicist, nobel prize, Brownian motion

1905 was Einstein's Miracle Year. His 5 revolutionary papers that year changed forever our concepts of nature and rescued his career.

 


Einstein's celebrity and scientific accomplishments grew, ultimately making him the most famous scientist of all time.

 


Dr. Piccioni comparing Newton's Laws and Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity.