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**Bryan Olson**

wrote:
compiz wrote:
and einstine dident got noblel for his relaticity,
which is kinda downer for a so good stable
theory

hahahaa not even a nobel, hahaaha, thanks- Hide quoted text -

That's an odd phrase: "not even a Nobel." I never got one;
did you? Unlike you and I, Einstein *did* win the Nobel
prize in physics. You need to learn some respect.

Right on! Post like the one you are responding to is somewhat
indicative of the ignorance most of Einstein's critics post.

Funny too, since among physicists, Einstein's name is held with the
same reverence which was previously accorded Galileo, Newton, and
Maxwell.

Moreover, non-physicists also extol Einstein. Time magazine, which
has named the most influential news-maker of the year annually
since 1927, chose him as "Person of the Century". Runners-up were
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mohandas Gandhi.

You are correct in that Einstein's only Nobel Prize was awarded by his
work on photoelectric effects, findings that are taught today.

The delay in awarding Einstein the physics prize, and the failure
to specifically recognize relativity, speak worse for the Nobel
prize than for Einstein.

His
work on Special Relativity I find it at least curious that he was
never accorded a Nobel prize for this, his most outstanding
contribution to mankind.

I agree that special relativity is Nobel-worthy, but general
relativity is greater still.

I believe that this was not accidental, and
it had either to do with his political leanings or the fact that he
was a Jew.

Yup. And, worse, a theorist:

http://discovermagazine.com/2006/sep...in-nobel-prize

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--Bryan