Newton vs Einstein

The reason I created this debate is because I believe anything can be compared if proper and justifiable parameters for comparisons are specified. The main objective of this debate is is to put across palatable information that might have been previously unknown to the public about these two legends who have changed the world and how we perceive it. I encourage my opponent to take this perspective when he makes his case. “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination,” (Albert Einstein). Sheer number of contributionThe number of contributions Einstein made by itself exceeds that of newton. Einstein in his entire lifetime formulated 11 powerful independent theories/concepts that revolutionized the world. Einstein’s major contributions: Photoelectric effect, E=mc2, General relativity and special relativity, Theory of Brownian motion, Einstein field equations, Bose–Einstein statistics, Bose–Einstein condensate, Gravitational wave, Cosmological constant, Unified field theory, EPR paradox. Newton of course wasn't any much inferior, having formulated 8 independent theories which have had wide array of applications. Newton’s major Contributions: Newtonian mechanics, Calculus, Universal gravitation, Newton's laws of motion, Optics, Binomial series, Newton's method. But Einstein's contributions outweigh Newton's contribution in sheer numbers! Einstein established new pathways for space exploration and interplanetary travel through his theories of general and special relativity, created new opportunities for power production, photomultipliers and image sensing with his discovery of the photoelectric effect[1] and much more. The year 1905 was a magical year for Einstein. He published four papers during this year, representing Quantum theory, Brownian motion (existence of atoms), Electrodynamics of moving bodies and the most famous equation in the world – the E=MC2 equation – establishing the relationship between mass and energy. [2] At this time, he was just 26 years old and worked during the day at a patent office! However, it should be understood that I’m not trying to demean Newton's contributions to the world nor am I trying to make it any inferior. The point I'm trying to make is that Einstein had a larger impact on a variety of fields in physics/science than Newton. Breaking barriers: Einstein's audacityAlbert Einstein stood for what he believed in, even if it meant standing alone. This was one of the admirable qualities he had. He literally set the stage for all of modern physics today. His theories were way ahead of his time and many of them were very difficult to experimentally verify at the period of his discovery. In a 1905 paper,[3] Einstein postulated that light itself consists of localized particles (quanta). This was the equivalent of saying that the moon had another hidden face coloured green in today's world. It was simply laughed at and dismissed. Einstein's light quanta were nearly universally rejected by all physicists, including Max Planck and Niels Bohr. This idea only became universally accepted 14 years later in 1919 when the physicist Robert Millikan's practically conducted detailed experiments on the photoelectric effect, with the measurement of Compton scattering. [4] Isaac Newton on the other hand largely had little opposition to his theories and it was almost always backed up by experimental evidences. Einstein didn’t have such a cushion as the theories he postulated didn’t have credible experimental setups to rely on and the whole world looked at them as mere ridiculous predictions which he had to over come. Thus, Einstein was more audacious than Newton. Possession of other talents: The inner musicianEinstein developed an appreciation of music at an early age. According to conductor Leon Botstein, Einstein is said to have begun playing when he was 5. [9] At age 17, he was heard by a examiner in Aarau as he played Beethoven's violin sonatas, who described his music as "remarkable and revealing of 'great insight'. " What struck the examiner, writes Botstein, was that Einstein "displayed a deep love of the music, a quality that was and remains in short supply. "[5] Einstein even played chamber music with a few professionals, and he performed for private audiences and friends. He personally has said that, “If I were not a scientist, I would be a musician. ” We see that there are no signs of Isaac Newton having possessed such talents. Superiority in philanthropy: Einstein's BenevolenceEinstein was a passionate, committed anti-racist and joined National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Princeton, where he campaigned for the civil rights of African Americans. He considered racism America's "worst disease," seeing it as "handed down from one generation to the next. " As part of his involvement, he corresponded with a civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois and was even prepared to testify on his behalf during his trial in 1951. When Einstein offered to be a character witness for Du Bois, the judge decided to drop the case. In 1946 Einstein visited Lincoln University in Pennsylvania where Einstein gave a speech about racism in America, adding, "I do not intend to be quiet about it. " A resident of Princeton recalls that Einstein had once paid the college tuition for a black student, and black physicist Sylvester James Gates states that Einstein had been one of his early science heroes, later finding out about Einstein's support for civil rights. [7] Newton wasn’t involved in philanthropic activities as such. Humbleness: He never let his greatness get to his head Albert Einstein could be considered as the epitome of humbleness. Usually when people get greeted by good fortune and success as he was, they naturally become bombastic and egotistic but this was not the case for Einstein. He used to often say, and I quote “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. ”Einstein never let the laurels he received faze him and when he was about to be bestowed the greatest honor in the physics world ‘The Nobel Prize’ he wasn’t even present because he was away on travel to the far east to resolve a dispute between two communities in 1922. In his place, the banquet speech was held by a German diplomat, who praised Einstein not only as a scientist but also as an international peacemaker and activist. [7]Einstein was a figurehead leader in helping establish the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which opened in 1925, and was among its first Board of Governors. Earlier, in 1921, he was asked by the biochemist and president of the World Zionist Organization, Chaim Weizmann, to help raise funds for the planned university which he gladly did. Chaim Weizmann later became Israel's first president and upon his death while in office in November 1952 and at the urging of Ezriel Carlebach, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion offered Einstein the position of President of Israel which he politely refused. [8]I have provided four concrete evidences, some of them, irrefutable, on why Albert Einstein can be considered better than Newton. I now leave the stage to my adversary. Fun fact : Albert Einstein is an anagram of Ten elite brains. 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