Albert Einstein
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Rediscovered Albert Einstein letters sell for more than £7,000 at auction
1 Mar 2013: Scientist praises socialist philosopher under attack from senator Joseph McCarthy in letters written in 1954
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26 Jul 2014:
Jon Butterworth: Science and war have a complex relationship, mediated by technology and politics. Some thoughts on an excellent lecture by Jon Agar
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15 Jul 2014:
They're celebrated as singers, actors or even politicians but their talents don't end there. We delve into the patent archives to discover the inventions of famous people, past and present
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7 Jul 2014:
Mathematician Robbert Dijkgraaf on Einstein, Chomsky and the need for a place for great minds to think big
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6 Jul 2014:
Brian Clegg reveals 21 in-flight facts, from Einstein's influence on GPS to why turbulence is nothing to be scared of
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1 Jun 2014: Jon Butterworth: Einstein's general relativity, and quantum field theory in the Standard Model of particle physics, have different spheres of influence. Uniting them is one of the big challenges of physics. But at an everyday level, they are influenced by spheres in the same way
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9 May 2014:
The private lives of the great inventors, discoverers and academics were often extraordinary. So it's not surprising that film-makers have been drawn to celebrate them and that actors have produced some terrific performances. Kit Buchan chooses the pick of the bunch over the years including Russell Crowe as John Nash and Walter Matthau as Einstein
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20 Apr 2014: Quick-fire delivery and rapid character changes make Nick Payne's cerebral new work both brilliant and bewildering, finds Laura Barnett
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6 Apr 2014: Jon Butterworth: When a particle physicist describes something as "off mass-shell", they could be referring to a bit of quantum mechanics, or denouncing an unrealistic budget. Either way, it's a bit of jargon connecting Pythagoras to the LHC, via Einstein and Feynman
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5 Apr 2014:
Alok Jha: Albert Einstein's famous equation E=mc2 for the first time connected the mass of an object with its energy and heralded a new world of physics
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24 Mar 2014:
Gravitational waves were predicted in Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity in 1916. Ian Sample meets Prof Pedro Ferreira to discuss the extraordinary and continuing influence of the theory
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22 Mar 2014:
Ian Sample explains the importance of the discovery of primordial gravitational waves, while eminent physicists and astronomers react to the news
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17 Mar 2014:
Gravitational waves could help unite general relativity and quantum mechanics to reveal a 'theory of everything'
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14 Mar 2014:
14 March 1951: Arthur Sasse was amongst the pack of photographers hounding Albert Einstein as he left his 72nd birthday celebration but the only one to get this shot of him playfully sticking his tongue out
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4 Feb 2014:
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 4 February 1924: His work has emerged triumphant, and has been immensely strengthened following publication of results in America
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14 Jan 2014:
Start the new year by improving your knowledge of life, physics and the universe
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