Albert Einstein

*"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."*
—Albert Einstein
**Albert Einstein** was a US theoretical physicist; born in Germany; founder of the special and general theories of relativity. Often regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century, he was influential in the decision to build an atomic bomb. After World War II, however, he spoke out against nuclear weapons.

## Biography

Einstein developed his theory of relativity when he was 28. When he came up with special relativity, he was working at the patent office in Washington, a menial job where his basal ganglia were occupied with a routine task, freeing his prefrontal cortex to work quietly in the background on his problem.

In 1917, Einstein established the theoretic foundation for the laser in his paper *Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung*.

Einstein stated approaching the speed of light slows down time.

The artificial satellite Gravity Probe B has seen glimpses of Einstein's predicted frame-dragging.

Einstein referred to his prediction of a cosmological constant as the single biggest blunder of his career, but research into dark energy proved that his cosmological constant was right all along.

Einstein postulated that it was theoretically possible for a region-specific fold in the space time to exist between the four dimensions that we typically think of.

## Abilities

*"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."*
—Albert Einstein
* **Genius-Level Intellect:** Einstein was arguably the greatest scientific mind of the 20th century, with an IQ of 175. He developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. He also discovered light behaves like particles, the artificial satellite Gravity Probe B has seen glimpses of his predicted frame dragging, and research into dark energy proved his prediction of a cosmological constant. Einstein also stated that approaching the speed of light slows down time and defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. However, he never unified gravity with the other forces because he got stuck on unified field theory for decades, and also failed math because he was not being challenged, even flunking out of school twice. Research suggests that Einstein's intelligence was down to extreme connectivity between the two halves of his brain.
	+ **Skilled Musician:** Einstein loved playing the violin, as he believed music helped him formulate his theories.
	+ **Multilingualism:** Einstein could speak his native German and also English. He also knew French, Italian, and Latin.

## Trivia

* Einstein never had a driver's license.
* Einstein once claimed that his second greatest idea after the theory of relativity was to put an egg in soup.
* Oddly enough, Einstein's eyeballs can be found in a safe deposit box in Smog City.

## Quotes

*"Once you can accept the universe as being something expanding into an infinite nothing which is actually something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy."*
—Albert Einstein
*"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."*
—Albert Einstein
*"Common sense is a collection of prejudices acquired by age 18."*
—Albert Einstein
*"Everybody's a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."*
—Albert Einstein