Einstein
Famous theoretical physicist
Einstein refers to the physicist Albert Einstein, whose work on relativity revolutionized modern physics.
By extension, an Einstein is a genius or exceptionally intelligent person, often used ironically for someone being obtuse: Nice going, Einstein—you locked us out.
The name has become shorthand for brilliant intellect.
How observers differ
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- quantumSmallest discrete unit
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- NobelSwedish prize surname
physics · astrophysics · spacetime · equations · thought experiments · photoelectric · mass-energy · E=mc²
Sudden impulsive notion
- mustacheUpper lip hair
- chalkboardSurface for dusty writing
- violinBowed string instrument
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
absent-minded · quirky · eccentric · quotable · Time magazine · nuclear age · pacifist · humanitarian
relativity
How observers differ
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- quantumSmallest discrete unit
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
Nobel · physics · astrophysics · spacetime · equations · thought experiments · photoelectric · mass-energy · E=mc² · Princeton
wild hair
Sudden impulsive notion
- mustacheUpper lip hair
- chalkboardSurface for dusty writing
- violinBowed string instrument
disheveled · absent-minded · quirky · eccentric · quotable · Time magazine · nuclear age · pacifist · humanitarian · refugee
brilliance
Exceptional intelligence or luster
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
- savantPerson of profound learning
intellect · ingenuity · wisdom · insight · IQ · giftedness · virtuoso · whiz · polymath · acumen
- GermanGermany, Austria, Switzerland, German, Berlin
- German cultureOktoberfest, Bavaria, Bavarian, Berlin, Munich
- gravitygravity, graviton, gravity well, gravitational pull, gravity wave
- scientistsbiologist, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist, archaeologist
- 20th Century IconsChurchill, Gandhi, Hitler, FDR, JFK
- absent-minded professormessy desk, wild hair, forgetful, lost keys, mismatched socks
- Albert EinsteinRenowned twentieth-century physicist
- Einstein's theorySpacetime and gravity unified
- Baby EinsteinEducational infant media line
- Little EinsteinsAnimated series about musical children