The Einstein Quiz

Posted by Miss Cellania in Everything Else on March 25, 2009 at 11:11 am


Today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss revolves around the site’s mascot, Albert Einstein. Think you know Einstein? I scored a miserable 40%, which, as a mental_floss blogger, I should be ashamed to admit. No doubt you will do better! Link

 
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You Know Who's Born on Pi Day? Einstein.

Posted by Alex in Science & Tech on March 14, 2009 at 12:54 pm

Like Miss Cellania posted earlier, today is Pi Day. But did you know that someone really famous was also born on this day? It’s only fitting that today is also the birthday of Albert Einstein (born March 14, 1879).

Neatorama articles about Einstein:

- 6 Things Inspired by Einstein
- 10 Strange Facts About Einstein
- Four Things Einstein Got Wrong
- 13 Photographs That Changed the World

 
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Einstein Word Portrait

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Science & Tech on January 7, 2009 at 2:34 pm

John’s post on the script of The Godfather turned into a visual art reminded me of this Einstein Word Portrait by Jeff Clark of Neoformix: Link

Previously on Neatorama: 10 Strange Facts About Einstein

 
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Maja Einstein: Albert Einstein's Only Childhood Friend

Posted by Alex in Baby & Kids on December 20, 2008 at 1:56 pm

The young boy in the picture is Albert Einstein, who grew up to be perhaps the most famous scientist of all times. But what about the little girl? That, dear readers, was Maja Einstein, Albert’s sister and only friend during his childhood:

On November 18 in 1881 Albert Einstein’s (1879–1955) sister Maria – called Maja – was born in Munich. Her Jewish parents, Hermann Einstein and Pauline Einstein, nee Koch, had moved from Ulm to Munich in June 1880 with their two-year-old son Albert. There Hermann Einstein and his brother Jakob had founded the electrical engineering company Einstein & Cie. When little Albert saw his sister for the first time he thought she were a kind of toy and asked: “Yes, but where does it have its small wheels?” Maja and her brother Albert got along very well all their life. (Source)

Link [wikipedia] – via Cliff Pickover’s Reality Carnival

Previously on Neatorama:

 
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