All kinds of fame
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He once took a trip and his wife packed a suitcase for
him. When he returned home she noticed that he hadn’t
even opened it once. He probably didn’t remember that
he had a suitcase with him. Another time he used a
cheque for $1500 as a bookmark and then lost the book!
In 1915, Einstein finished his theory of relativity, which
made him famous. He gave lectures on relativity around
the world and in 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize
for physics. He worked on theories of physics for the
rest of his life. Einstein died in Princeton, New Jersey, in
1955.
a genius?
weirdo
: furðufugl
genius
: snillingur
science
: vísindi
philosophy
: heimspeki
physics
: eðlisfræði
wrinkled
: krumpaður
theory of relativity
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afstæðiskenning
• What do you know about physics?
• Which subjects do you like to study?
• How do you think Einstein felt in school and why?
• Why do you think Einstein was so successful in
physics despite the fact that he didn’t do so well in
school?
Famous quotes from Einstein:
•
If we knew what it was that we were doing it
wouldn’t be called research.
•
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t
happen at once.
•
A person who never made a mistake, never tried
anything new
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