Albert Einstein: A Pillar of Modern Physics

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Steve Theunissen
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

Other Biographics Videos:

Napoleon Bonaparte: The Strategic Genius

Joseph Stalin: The Red Terror

Source/Further reading:

Einstein: His Life and Genius by Walter Isaacson

Albert Einstein by Marie Hammontree

[DontMindMe_]

@14:13 correction*
Einstein says:
“What I most admire about your art, is your universality. You don't say a word, yet the world understands you!”. Chaplin replies : “True, but your fame is even greater: the world admires you, when nobody understands what you say.”

[chickendrawsdogs]

I admire people who can study and actually LOVE mathematics. The only subject I excelled in school was English...

[izzojoseph]

He mastered differential and integral calculus at 14!?!
I cried my self to sleep almost every night ~ both semesters!

[lyleslaton]

Einstein is quoted as saying"regarding your struggles with math, I assure you mine are greater". This always gave me hope when struggling with algebra.

[deBosMarmot]

It's beautiful how you explained his life so well! People always over generalize Einstein like he is some kind of mad men, but the true story is way more interesting

[scottnunnemaker]

The one thing I can really relate to is the “life is music” stuff. Like I don’t know what goes on in everyone else’s head, sometimes I hear them talk about getting a song stuck in their head every now and again, but it’s like constant music in my thoughts. Just snippets of songs that pop into my head all day long. Sometimes I’ll get the same verse stuck in my head for hours or a tv theme that I watched 20+ years ago and couldn’t tell you a damn thing about would suddenly show up out of nowhere. But it’s always music.

[Flashback]

You have a great voice. When I am listening/watching these videos it's almost like I am following a great lecture

[MidnightMan]

"I'm dope as two rappers, so you better be scared. Cause Albert E=MC^2!"

[Shaywebber]

A famous University director in Germany was asked in the 1930's whether his university was affected by Nazi laws prohibiting Jews to attend.
'Affected?' The man reacted, 'It has ceased to exist!'

[bobstewart]

I find all your videos interesting but this was one of my favorites so far.
Great job as always, Simon.

[jonslg]

"They named the primary school I went to after me" (seriously, take a moment to grasp that)

[jpsplat]

I was actually unaware of Einstein's civil rights activism. What a hero!

[ignitionfrn]

0:45 - Chapter 1 - Early life
4:05 - Chapter 2 - University & marriage
6:00 - Chapter 3 - The patent office
6:50 - Chapter 4 - The miracle year
8:35 - Mid roll ads
9:45 - Chapter 5 - Multiple positions
11:05 - Chapter 6 - Settling in germany
12:30 - Chapter 7 - Worldwide fame
14:30 - Chapter 8 - Leaving Germany
16:45 - Chapter 9 - The atomic bomb
19:45 - Chapter 10 - The end of einstein

[me]

I read about this man as a kid. I'm studying electrochemistry and molecular physics thanks to him.

[aaronflynndevereux]

I love how unbiased you are . Well done

[mikdan]

'Max Talmud'? That sounds like the name of a Jewish superhero.

[lucygirl]

A very large part of structured musical learning has to do with mathematics. This is probably why Einstein showed such an infinity towards both.

[cymbolichuman]

Sounds like my grandson. He got a high score in a difficult subject that was hard for anybody else, he totally didn't score any kind of grade in everything else.

[TWE_]

Can you make a video on Douglas Mcarthur.

[dogfish]

I've been waiting for this one and it did not disappoint.