why did einstein come to america?
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On October 17, 1933, Albert Einstein moved to America, just months after Adolf Hitler took power in his native Germany. The great scientist wasn’t just fleeing persecution as a Jew but also seeking true freedom in which to express his scientific and political views. He was never quite sure afterward that he found it.\n\nHe explained that he had come to America “because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country,” a freedom he hoped to embrace both in science and in politics.
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It would be like Einstein desiring an amoeba to worship him. It’s just plain funny.\n\nAnd he is a she take it to the bank.
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person who named America
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Einstein wasn't buried. \nWhen he died at Princeton Hospital in New Jersey, USA, he requested that his remains be cremated without ceremony. His ashes were scattered at an undisclosed location on the same day he died, April 18, 1955. However, his brain was not cremated with his corporeal remains: it was taken by doctors at the hospital for testing and analysis. Their findings were quite interesting! \n\nAlthough he wasn't buried, nor was there a ceremony marking his passing, a memorial to this genius exists in Washington DC, USA. It is a brass statue of the great man holding some notes, ponderously looking out over the National Academy of Science on Constitution Avenue.
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Because he wasn't looking at the whole picture in the first place.  He largely discarded the efforts around Quantum Mechanics, which described the environment of the very small.  The big crux was the stark differences between Gravity and Electro Magnetism, which were impossible to bring together under the constraints of general relativity.\n\nHis goal for unification of the Universes forces is still a pursuit of today's physicists.
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That is exactly the question Einstein asked himself that led to the special theory of relativity in 1905.\n\nEssentially, "the-dude"'s answer above is right.  \n\nHe wrote an excellent little book explaning how it (and general relativity) works.  It was written for college kids who don't know much about Physics, so if you have some basic math you can understand it pretty easily.\n\nI highly suggest reading it...\n\nHey...I found it below...enjoy the read.
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Einstein was a genius.  Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a theoretical physicist widely regarded as the most important scientist of the 20th century. He independently developed the special and general theories of relativity and made significant contributions to quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and cosmology. He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect in 1905 (his "wonderful year") and "for his services to Theoretical Physics".\n\nAfter British solar eclipse expeditions in 1919 confirmed that light rays from distant stars were deflected by the gravity of the Sun in the amount he had predicted in his theory of relativity, Einstein became world-famous, an unusual achievement for a scientist. In his later years, his fame perhaps exceeded that of any other scientist in history. In popular culture, his name has become synonymous with great intelligence and genius.
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Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein were debating about quantum theory. By the mid 1930s, Einstein had accepted quantum mechanics as a consistent theory for the statistics of the behavior of atoms. He recognized that it was "the most successful physical theory of our time." This theory, which he had helped to create, could explain nearly all the physical phenomena of the everyday world. Eventually the applications would include transistors, lasers, a new chemistry, and more. Yet Einstein could not accept quantum mechanics as a completed theory, for its mathematics did not describe individual events. Einstein felt that a more basic theory, one that could completely describe how each individual atom behaved, might yet be found. By following the approach of his own general theory of relativity, he hoped to dig deeper than quantum mechanics.
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no one "discovered" america. people just came here a really long time ago. i think the vikings came. and there was also columbus.
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As mentioned in other replies, physicists don't yet have all of the "how" questions answered. Einstein, in the General Theory of Relativity, pretty much nailed the underpinnings of the current theoretical understanding of gravity. Here is my attempt at the "nutshell." I'll start with an analogy. Let's say you are driving somewhere in the midwest or plains states--essentially flat ground, with a few rolling hills. Let's say you stop your car at the top of a slight rise. As you look around you, you see flat land in every direction. You're sitting on essentially a two-dimensional plane. Taking your foot off the brake, you notice the car starting to roll forward. Your initial observation about the 2-dimensional "space" you were sitting on isn't quite accurate. The 3rd dimension (altitude) has come into play, and gravity is pulling your car into the swale. What Einstein said (and how he came up with this back in the early 1900's is incredible) was that our THREE dimensions are really a slightly inaccurate description of the world (and universe) we inhabit. A fourth dimension, time, is part of the "fabric" of our surroundings. As in the case of that slight "warp" in the 2-dimensional farmland that led to a noticeable effect on your car, Einstein said that warps in the space-time continuum are experienced as gravity. As you know, Einstein was into the "energy = mass" thing big time, and you know that mass is tied up with gravity as well. If you want to get more cozy with these related concepts, I strongly recommend David Bodanis' book, "E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation" -- available as a "BooksOnTape." It's exciting, full of cool anecdotes about the heroes of 20th century physics, and... NO MATH, just concepts. Best of luck!
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This is America, why should we use a foreign measuring system? What is the matter with America staying American? Why should we have to adjust to all the foreigners ways? If they come here they should adjust to our ways.
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Einstein was a wise man. The stupidity of mankind yes but more specifically, the stupidity and arrogance of Bush and his Goons. They have two years left and I'm shaking in my boots as every sane American should be.
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thanks for the two points, einstein.
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Same reason as many Americans. They wanted to rid the world of a fanatical lunatic dictator.
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Many of the people who came to America from Europe in the 1700-1800's were people seeking religios freedom that they didn't have in Europe at that time. Much of that religios ferver has been passes through the years to the current Americans.
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Einstein received the Nobel Prize in physics for his discovery that a quanta of energy (photon) could free up an electron in his famous photoelectric effect.
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I have no idea. But in 1915 Einstein and some other people came across a problem with relativity - that it lead to some issues with conservation of energy and they starting thinking that possibly parallel universes could be the answer to correcting this.