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albert einstein
Hebrew U supporters want German museum to pick Einstein’s brain for new exhibit
Jewish Journal
June 28, 2016
The German branch of Friends of Hebrew University is campaigning to make a walk-through model of Albert Einstein’s brain the centerpiece of a Frankfurt museum’s planned exhibit.
British minister compares Brexit opponents to Nazi campaign against Einstein
Jewish Journal
June 23, 2016
Britain’s justice minister likened some opponents of the campaign to have Britain leave the European Union to Nazis behind the smear campaign against Albert Einstein in 1930s Germany.
Einstein’s gravitational waves detected in scientific milestone
Jewish Journal
February 11, 2016
Scientists have for the first time detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time hypothesized by Albert Einstein a century ago, in a landmark discovery announced on Thursday that opens a new window for studying the cosmos.
Solomon Wolf Golomb, USC professor, to receive top science-engineering honor
Tom Tugend
January 6, 2016
For recreation, Albert Einstein played the violin, while Solomon Wolf Golomb, an esteemed professor of engineering at USC, finds his relaxation in inventing mathematical games, such as “cheskers,” a hybrid of chess and checkers.
On the 100th anniversary of the theory of relativity, a rabbi talks with an Einstein expert
Jewish Journal
December 2, 2015
This month marks the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Einstein in L.A.
Jewish Journal
April 21, 2014
When Albert and Elsa Einstein first visited in January 1931, the Jews of Los Angeles were besotted.
On Einstein and God
Jewish Journal
November 8, 2012
On October 8, 2012, a handwritten letter was set for auction on e-bay. It sold, 10 days later, with a winning bid of over $3M. The handwritten letter was penned by Albert Einstein to Jewish philosopher Eric B. Gutkind in January 1954, a year before Einstein’s death. In the letter, the Nobel Prize winning physicist called religion childish and made light the idea of Jewish “chosenness.”
Court rejects Hebrew U. lawsuit against GM over Einstein’s image
Jewish Journal
October 22, 2012
A lawsuit by Hebrew University challenging the right of General Motors to use the image of Albert Einstein in an advertisement was dismissed in a U.S. court.
Albert Einstein’s ‘God Letter’ to be auctioned online
Jewish Journal
October 2, 2012
A letter handwritten by physicist Albert Einstein a year before his death, expressing his views on religion, will be sold on eBay this month with an opening bid of $3 million, an auction agency said on Tuesday.
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