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Explanation:
Albert Einstein
(1879-1955) is considered by many the greatest astrophysicist and
single most significant
Person of the 20th Century.
He is pictured here in the Swiss Patent Office where
he did much of his defining work.
Einstein's many visionary scientific contributions
include the equivalence of mass and energy (E=mc^2),
how the maximum speed limit of light affects measurements of time and space
(special relativity), and a more accurate
theory of gravity based on simple geometric concepts
(general relativity).
One reason
Einstein was awarded the 1921
Nobel Prize in Physics was to make the prize more prestigious.
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