• Question: Out of 10 how would you rate Albert Einstein's discovery was?

    Asked by 849putk26 to Jake, James, Pete, Senga, Simonne on 3 Nov 2017.
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      Senga Robertson answered on 3 Nov 2017:

      Hi 849putk26

      well, Einstein was a theoretical physicist which means he used maths and some other ways to work out how things in the world work. He discovered lots of things but his most famous discovery was the theory of relativity. I think I would need to give that discovery a 10/10 because it is one of the most important theories used in physics even now. Did you know that Einstein received a Nobel prize? That’s pretty cool, I bet he was really proud.

      Random Einstein fact: he married his cousin!

      Senga 🙂

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      Simonne Weeks answered on 6 Nov 2017:

      100% 10/10. Einstein’s work is genius!

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      Jake Langham answered on 7 Nov 2017:

      Definitely 10/10. He completely changed our understanding of the universe. Just off the top of my head: he discovered that light is made up of tiny particles called ‘photons’, he worked out how molecules move around randomly in a fluid, he discovered that time and distances change depending on how fast you’re moving(!) and that light can bend around very heavy objects (like stars or black holes).

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      Any one of these discoveries would make you a world famous scientist. To come up with all of them is just ridiculous! One of his predictions (gravitational waves) was only very recently shown to be true, about a hundred years after Einstein predicted it!

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      My random Einstein fact: in my subject, he is also known for explaining why if you stir a tea leaves, they end up collecting in the centre of the cup.

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