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100 Years of Einstein

Posted by michael on from the learn-a-thing-or-two dept.

spacerabbits writes "A century after Einstein's miracle year, most people still do not understand exactly what it was he did. The Economist tries to elucidate what AE did in a recent article."

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  1. Their you go, Mr. Einstein. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your desk is all squared away. Yep, all squaaaaaaaaaaaared away.

  2. Speaking of people understanding by bradleyland · · Score: 5, Funny

    I asked 7 people in my office what elucidate meant. Only one person knew, some shrugged, and one asked me if that was really a word *sigh*

  3. Re:Relativity In Words of Four Letters or Less by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    For a bunch of four-letter-words, "fuck" and "shit" are used very sparsely. Please revise. One has certain expectations, as I'm sure you understand.

  4. Patent Clerk?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    But wait, Einstein started out as a patent clerk. Aren't we supposed to hate him for that?

    I'm so confused......