Intro
When you hear the name Albert Einstein, you automatically think “Genius”. Albert Einstein was a physicist, philosopher, mathematician, Nobel-prize winner, violinist and a scientist. He is most notably known for his theory of relativity, which has become one of the two pillars of modern physics. Einstein was one of the greatest scientific minds of the 20th century because he recognized the importance of taking risks and was not afraid to make bold knowledge claims. Even though his left-field ideas were initially met with skepticism, Einstein is now credited to have completely revolutionized our understanding of space and time.
Einstein approached science through an atypical method, often grounding his claims in thought-experiments instead of relying on abstract equations. He understood that imagination and thinking outside of the box were vital ingredients to innovation. The ‘box’ that had come to be accepted by most was Isaac Newton’s theory of classical mechanics, which suggested that matter and energy have definite attributes that do not change, irrespective of speed or location.1 Classical mechanics seemed like a “common-sense” approach to physics, but Einstein showed us that the world as it appears to human beings may not be the world as it functions at all.
Out yonder there is this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands before us like a great, internal riddle, at least partially accessible to our inspection and thinking.
– Albert Einstein [2]
