Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein ( EYEN-styne; German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] (listen); 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics. Relativity and quantum mechanics are together the two pillars of modern physics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Einstein has received more than 44,369,023 page views. His biography is available in 209 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 205 in 2019). Albert Einstein is the 2nd most popular physicist, the 3rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular German Physicist.

Albert Einstein is most famous for his theory of relativity. He developed the theory in 1905 and it is now one of the most important theories in modern physics. The theory states that time and space are not absolute and that they are relative to the observer. It also states that the speed of light is constant.