Einstein also had a unique way of viewing the universe. He did not see open space as empty space. He wrote, "Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially extended (as fields). In this way the concept 'empty space' loses its meaning" (Einstein qtd. On Space and Motion). He thought the physical reality of space was simply a representation of different coordinates of space and time.
Part of Einstein's radical thinking was the notion that distance and time are not absolute. He could look at the clock and sense that the rate of that ticking clock depended on the "motion of the observer of that clock" (Lightman). In addition to this, Einstein's ideas posited that gravity pulling one object in one direction is equal to a force accelerating in the opposite direction. Lightman helps us understand this notion with the image of an "elevator accelerating upwards feels…...
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Albert Einstein, a famously mediocre student, once commented that "It is little short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not completely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." Many educational theorists and gifted teachers have taken this to heart, and endeavored to create learning environments that reflect innovations that are both intuitive and ingenious. Unfortunately, we often see these same innovations stifled at the High School level. hereas the elementary grades have always seen as a test market for innovation and have lead to such new methodologies as multimedia education, the use of role play, and a team approach to the comprehension of new subject matter, the High School environment is seen as a sacred cow where entrenched methodologies are not to be tampered with. From a sociological perspective, High Schools serve to propel a community's best students to the University level where they will ultimately develop professional…...
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Today, being a celebrity is more than just about being larger than life. Celebrities today begrudgingly accept the fact that their lives are going to be turned upside down because of their celebrity. They'll be hounded by paparazzi, their children won't have any privacy, crazed fans will hunt down their homes and hotel rooms, and they'll have very little solitude or peace in their lives. It is doubtful that Einstein would have enjoyed or encouraged that kind of celebrity. As it was, there are many who said he didn't appreciate the limelight, and that he would have rather gone through life unrecognized. Others maintain his persona was deceptively simple for a reason. Another writer notes, "He cultivated this image of affable genius by dressing shabbily, proclaiming his passions for sail-boats and violins, and producing pithy aphorisms -- his deceptively throw-away remark that 'God is subtle but not malicious' is now…...
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Barrow, John. "Einstein as Icon." Plus Magazine. 2005. http://plus.maths.org/issue37/features/Einstein/index.html
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VI Summary
As we can see, there are any number of techniques and combination of techniques to improve memory recall.
Memory is important to the function and quality of our daily lives. Improving our understanding of how it works, and our capacity to remember things is one way to relieve life pressures.
Proactively improving memory recall helps thwart the aging process that works to facilitate diseases like dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Keeping yourself mentally alert means keeping your mind actively processing the information that it has received over time. Reading, writing, drawing, painting and even viewing films and documentaries are all ways to keep an active processing of information going on in your mind.
When you get stuck with a point or a piece of information that you need, elaboration, that process of asking yourself questions about the point: what, who, where, when, how, why will serve to jog the stubborn information to the…...
The Manhattan Project: In 1939, the Army Corps of Engineers established the Manhattan Project at Los
Alamos, New Mexico, Oak idge, Tennessee, and ichland, Washington. Under the direction of physicist obert J. Oppenheimer, the three research facilities initiated a coordinated accelerated research into purifying natural Uranium238 into weapons grade
Uranium 235 and irradiating Uranium 238 to produce Plutonium239 for use in two different types of fission weapons (ennie 2003). The other major component of the project was research dedicated to designing a mechanism for reliably detonating a sufficient quantity of fissionable purified uranium and plutonium to produce an instantaneous chain reaction for use as a weapon. The Manhattan Project culminated in the first nuclear detonations in 1944 tests in New Mexico, and by the detonation of a uranium bomb and a plutonium bomb over Imperial Japan to end World War II in August of 1945.
The Benefits and Dangers of Nuclear Fission: The…...
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Education?
According to Albert Einstein, education is what remains after an individual has forgotten what he/she learnt in school. It's generally considered that education systems should be designed in order to teach individuals how to think. Consequently, the aim of education is to teach people how to improve their minds instead of what to think. In such instances, education enables individuals to think for themselves and transform their lives instead of filling their memories with negative perceptions about other people. Actually, philosophers argue that an educational system is not necessary if it only teaches people to make a living rather than teaching them how to make a life ("Education is What emains," 2011).
The statement means that the purpose of education goes beyond exposing students to several perspectives that improve their knowledge on specific areas to permit them to think critically, reflect, and explore what they learnt in school. As a…...
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Einstein made incredible discoveries, but was still a very human and feeling man, and this simply added to his importance and influence in the world of physics.
One of Einstein's most famous discoveries is the Theory of elativity, which he first developed in 1905, and which many people call "the birth of modern physics" (Infeld 37). elativity Theory seems complicated, and it is. Einstein was criticized when he first made his theory public and it became known because other scientists felt very few people could actually understand it. Writer Infeld describes the theory in more understandable terms. He writes, "It [elativity Theory] deduces that energy is not weightless, but has a definite mass. If the amount of energy changes, so does its mass. Energy has mass and mass has energy" (Infeld 38). This explanation is simplified for non-scientists, and seems rather tame today. However, Einstein's theory revolutionized the world of…...
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Both of them are very accurate but they do not work together and he tried to solve that problem for the rest of his life. Einstein knew that this problem would have to be solved if we wanted to understand exactly what happened to create the universe in the very first instant of time.
If Albert Einstein were alive today, he would also be trying to stop war because he was very opposed to warfare between nations. He would also be working to promote nuclear power plants for energy and to reduce or eliminate nuclear weapons as much as possible. During World War II, Einstein knew it was necessary to invent the atomic bomb to end the war but he was very opposed to nuclear weapons otherwise.
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Goldsmith, D. (1997). The Ultimate Einstein. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Hawking, S. (2001). The Universe in a Nutshell. New…...
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Einstein
The quote any man who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new, Albert Einstein captures the essence of why many services providers including those in the medical profession set for mediocrity over continually pushing themselves for excellence. The many errors in the healthcare services industry can be attributed to outmoded, often very expensive processes that have lost touch with patients' needs (Kumar, Steinebach, 444).
Analysis of the Quote
In a paradoxical sense, the more pressure on the healthcare industry to change in terms of quality of care, with the pressure equally applied across physicians to care providers and healthcare maintenance organizations (HMO) the greater the resistance to change (Kumar, Steinebach, 444). Mediocrity within the healthcare industry is actively protected as a result, making innovation and risk-taking for consumers seen not as a revenue or cost advantage, but a cost drain and risk to profitability (Wright, 205). The mistakes of…...
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Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman's novel Einstein's Dreams presents various notions about time that apparently came to Albert Einstein in his dreams. Lightman calls his work a novel, although that characterization can be argued. Novels feature characters. Action takes place, usually through a sequence of events. Lightman's prose is more like thought than a story. He makes interesting and provocative declarations about the way things are. He poses questions of his readers, designed to make them think. Einstein's Dreams is a unique work of fiction and enjoyable to read, but it lacks all the elements that typically are found in novels.
People experience time differently. Older people often say that time passes more quickly the older one gets. Time seems to pass quickly when a person is having fun, and much more slowly when doing something unpleasant or tedious. One of the stories shows people living in the moment, while another shows them…...
mlaWork Cited
Lightman, Alan P. Einstein's Dreams. New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 2004. E-book.
Here is a journalist and an eccentric old man traveling west to California carrying, in the trunk, the brain of the man who opened the door to some of the most amazing scientific achievements of mankind -- space travel, the atomic bomb, electronics, an understanding of relativity -- including the fact that light has mass. The one flaw in the book: the author spends too much time sharing narrative about his personal life, which doesn't quite match with the flow of the story about Einstein, Harvey, the brain on board and the travel experiences while heading to California.
One interesting point revealed in the book is the fact that the FBI had investigated Einstein, thinking perhaps he was too left leaning. On the other hand, looking at the J. Edgar Hoover era, the FBI in hindsight is as well-known for paranoia as it was for catching the bad guys. The…...
Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud and the Search for Hidden Universes," Richard Panek argues that both Einstein and Freud cut across the barriers of science in their time and, through scrupulous observation not only did they produce a revolution in their respective fields of research but, most importantly, they prompted a "revolution in thought" by using as instruments of research not so much mathematical formulas, but more, the tool of imagination which conjures a new, different world for the XX st century.
The notion of the "invisible century" expresses just that. It is not necessary an era of invisible technologies, but one in which questions are answered by triggering flows of speculations based on information or facts which cannot be physically proven yet there is no doubt about their validity. The term "invisible century" points to a historical environment in which one can answer questions such as "what are dreams," "what…...
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' (Davidson; Lutz, 175) The target of such function is to better comprehend the manner varied circuits are combined during the meditation to generate the mental and behavioral variations which are indicated to prevail due to such experiences, incorporating the promotion of enhanced welfare. (Davidson; Lutz, 175)
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Human history shows us that the ruling elite have always tried to set the economic, educational, and social systems up in their favor and I don't believe it to be any different even in today's modern times.
"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten." B.F. Skinner
Skinner's quote illustrates the unfortunate disconnect between what is learned and what is taught. There are many students who, when presented with a subject that is particularly interesting or motivating, actually learn about it. Skinner is saying that when people do not care about what they are learning about, and are no longer motivated to use the information, they forget it. But the fact that they were "educated" at one time or another never goes away. I agree with Mr. Skinner here because there are many examples of people who are not very intelligent who have gone to school in…...
Some of the topics addressed by Einstein in his writings include his views on government, education, human morality and social ethics. One of the most interesting areas addressed by Einstein is his personal beliefs about the existence of God and the merits of theistic religion in human society. Besides the fact that his intellect alone makes his philosophical beliefs (about almost anything of consequence) relevant, the fact that Einstein's scientific accomplishments imply certain conclusions in connection with the notion of a timeless God makes his writings especially relevant. In fact, any Internet search of the terms "Einstein" and "God" will reveal that much has been made by proponents of theistic religion of a statement of Einstein that "God doesn't play dice with the universe." Other Internet references suggest that Einstein once suggested that only a divine actor could ever have designed a structure as complex as the human eye.
Research…...
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Abstract Mathematics: A Bridge Between Physics and the Unknown
Mathematics, the language of science, has played a pivotal role in shaping our understanding of the physical world. One fascinating area where mathematics shines is in the realm of abstract mathematics, where concepts beyond our immediate sensory experience provide powerful tools for exploring the fundamental nature of reality. In recent years, several groundbreaking developments in physics have been made possible by the abstract framework mathematics provides. This essay explores the intricate connection between abstract mathematics and physics, highlighting some of the most recent and intriguing advances that have sparked scientific breakthroughs.
One of....
Effective Techniques for Hooking Readers in Essay Introductions
The introduction is the gatekeeper to your essay, inviting readers in and setting the tone for what's to come. Crafting a compelling hook is crucial to capture their attention, arouse interest, and encourage them to delve deeper into your argument. Here are several effective techniques to help you captivate your audience from the very first sentence:
1. Startling Statistics and Facts:
Use striking numerical data or jarring facts to make an immediate impact. Statistics can provide a persuasive basis for your argument, while intriguing facts can pique curiosity and spur readers to learn more.
Example: "According....
1. Anecdotal: In the realm of creative genius, tales abound of extraordinary thinkers whose minds worked in enigmatic ways. From Vincent van Gogh's vibrant strokes to Albert Einstein's mind-bending theories, their exceptional ideas have captivated and inspired generations. Contemporary research into brain networks sheds light on the neural underpinnings of such unbridled creativity.
2. Historical: Throughout history, philosophers, artists, and writers have contemplated the nature of creativity, often attributing it to divine inspiration or a spark of madness. While these notions hold a certain allure, advancements in neuroscience now allow us to explore the tangible mechanisms at play within the human....
1. What if the key to innovation lies in breaking free from the constraints of conventional thinking?
2. Have you ever considered that the most revolutionary ideas are often born from venturing beyond the limits of traditional thought?
3. Imagine a world where all progress comes from daring to explore uncharted intellectual territory.
4. Could it be that groundbreaking concepts emerge only when we refuse to confine our minds to the status quo?
5. Think about the notion that true creativity thrives in the realm of unconventional perspectives.
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