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Questions tagged [einstein]

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was one of the most important physicists of all time. His work touched many major areas of physics, although he is mostly known as the creator of the theory of relativity and the photoelectric effect. Use this tag for questions about Einstein's scientific life and his works.

If the concerned question is about one of the works of Albert Einstein, this tag should be used along with and the tag of the specific area of that work ( etc.).

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So how much did Mileva Maric contribute to Einstein's work?

I don't believe in the ridiculous conspiracy theories that she was the true founder of relativity and Einstein stole credit from her or any of that but did she play a role in anyway helping him? someone said that before he met her he didn't have a…
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What is the source of Einstein's quote "spooky action at a distance"?

Einstein's attribution of 'spooky action at a distance' to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics is obviously in wide use as a quote. However, I've been googling the issue for a while and searched a relevant book on the history behind…
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What did Albert Einstein mean by "psychical entities"?

I first saw this quote on p. 26: Philip Johnson-Laird BA PhD Psychology (UCL), Stuart Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Princeton. (Author isn't a logician.) How We Reason (1st edn 2008). Here's the context. "(A) The words or the…
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Does "Einstein's Light clock" really belong to Einstein?

Although I cannot find the related Q/A, I remember that someone here notified me that the so-called Einstein's light clock was first introduced by Max von Laue or someone but Einstein. Does anybody have any precise information/reference regarding…
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Duality while studying properties of an ensemble

Was Einstein the first to propose that observing an ensemble of N particles for time interval of dt is same as observing a single particle of ensemble for time interval of Ndt?
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Why didn't Einstein try to include the strong and weak forces in his attempts at a unified theory?

Einstein began working on unified field theory at a time when the weak and strong force were perhaps not known I believe...but as the years proceeded and the weak and strong force were being outlined why was it he missed these as necessary…
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