The detection of gravitational waves, announced on Thursday, confirming a prediction of the General Theory of Relativity Albert Einstein.
This recognized scientist made great contributions to physics, to the point that her last name is used colloquially as a way of saying someone is a genius.
Nevertheless, there are many more things that to know about this man who left his mark on the history of science.
He played violin
Einstein began to learn to play this instrument when I was young and continued touching until his old age could not move his left hand as quickly and accurately as required.
performed at benefit concerts and he used music as a form of relaxation d uring all his life. He was fond of the works of Mozart and Bach.
Your teachers said I would never amount to anything in life
Einstein and his family told the press that he was comparatively slow in learning to walk and talk .
his sister Maja, writing about his famous brother, said when he was young in Germany the people around worried about the possibility that will never speak .
at school he did not enjoy studying humanities subjects. Struggled with writing and there is a widespread assumption that suffered dyslexia, in a previous time when no routine examinations were made for them.
According to his sister, his teacher Greek once scolded him and told him that, judging by the quality of work that Einstein had given, never amount to anything in life
failed the entrance examination to college.
it was a job as a clerk to find time to develop their ideas. Then he published scientific articles, he entered academic life and made great discoveries in physics, including the development of the General Theory of Relativity. He won the Nobel Prize in 1921.
had an unusual brain
After Einstein’s death, your brain was measured and weighed by scientists. Samples of this were sent around the world.
Studies revealed that their neurons were more tightly packed than usual, which could have allowed processing information faster than other people. The part of the brain responsible for spatial recognition and mathematical thinking seemed to be larger than standard l.
Some people say this is speculation and that in any case, it difficult to prove the link between the physical brain and genius.
A pathologist named Thomas Harvey kept Einstein’s brain for four decades . In a BBC documentary aired in 1994, Harvey appears cutting a piece of the brain to give to a visitor.
It was a refugee
> When the Nazis came to power in Germany, Einstein was already famous. Everyone knew he was Jewish and he became more and more difficult to work due to the increase of anti-Semitism in Europe. In early 1930, Einstein accepted a job in the United States .
Soon after, Third Reich accused him of treason his books were burned at the stake during a ceremony organized by Nazi students.
Einstein helped other Jews escape from Germany but had mixed feelings for leaving the country. “I’m almost ashamed to live in this peace while everyone else struggle and suffer,” he wrote in a letter.
declined the opportunity to be the second president of Israel
in 1952, the Israeli ambassador to the United States wrote to Einstein on behalf of Prime Minister David Ben Gurion asking if he would be willing to take the role as president of the state. the letter assured him that he would receive “absolute freedom to pursue your great scientific work.”
Einstein said he was “deeply moved”, but n or was the right person for the post because of his advanced age and personality. “All my life I have dealt with objective matters, hence I have no natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to exercise official functions,” he wrote in his letter to reject the charge.
“I am the most afflicted by these circumstances because my relationship with the Jewish people has become my strongest human bond, since I am fully aware of our precarious situation among the nations of the world. “
the things he said and did not say
There is a saying that if you can not explain something simply put, it is because you have not understood well enough. The phrase is often attributed to Einstein, although there is no evidence that it is yours. In fact, Einstein attributed many phrases that do not belong.
What he did say was, “ Imagination is more important than knowledge Because knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world. stimulating progress and giving birth to evolution. ” That phrase appeared in print in an interview with him in a newspaper in 1929.
In the 1950s, a few years before his death, Einstein complained that People quoted too.
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