Monday, July 8, 2019

Einstein as a Physicist

Before visiting Einstein's apartment in Bern and the Einstein museum, I did not know much about Einstein outside of his tremendous work in Physics. The most surprising thing I learned was that he came up with the theory of special relativity while working 48 hours a week, 6 days a week, in a patent office. It was already unbelievable that he came up with the theories of special and general relativity, assuming that is all he was doing. Learning that he also had a full time job and came up with these incredible science-changing theories is unreal. Einstein had an incredible mind and introduced groundbreaking theories that we are still mulling over 100+ years later.
I also learned a lot about Einstein's personal life. I knew that he was not a great father/husband, but I did not know to what extent. I learned that Einstein paid little attention to his wives or children, and treated them poorly when he did pay attention to them. Not to mention that he divorced his wife for his cousin. However, had Einstein spent more time with his family it is hard to know if he would still have come up with the theory of relativity.

2 comments:

  1. I was also surprised to hear that he worked so much and was still able to contribute to other studies. His work life definitely had a huge affect on him being absent in his home life.

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  2. Einstein appeared to be married to his passion for physics more than to his wife and family. It makes me wonder why he decided to get married and have kids in the first place. However, I agree that if he had been more involved and attentive to his family, he probably would not have come up with the theory of relativity.

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