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Einstein’s famous Twin Paradox in which a twin makes a journey into space in a high-speed rocket and returns home to find he has aged less than his identical twin who stayed on Earth is a mind boggling concept at first glance. This clever animation produced by Yuanjian Luo interprets the theory in a way that makes it easier to understand, even for those of us who have never heard of time dilation or nonequivalent reference frames.
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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
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
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
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