An autographed photo of the scientist Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (German: Albert Einstein) is a theoretical physicist, one of the founders of modern theoretical physics, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921, a public figure and humanist. He lived in Germany (1879-1893, 1914-1933), Switzerland (1893-1914) and the USA (1933-1955). Honorary Doctor of about 20 leading universities of the world, member of many Academies of Sciences, including a foreign honorary member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1926).

Einstein is the author of more than 300 scientific papers on physics, as well as about 150 books and articles in the field of history and philosophy of science, journalism, etc. He developed several significant physical theories, as well as predicted gravitational waves and "quantum teleportation", predicted and measured the gyromagnetic Einstein—de Haase effect. Since 1933 he has been working on problems of cosmology and unified field theory. He actively opposed war, the use of nuclear weapons, humanism, respect for human rights, and mutual understanding between peoples.

Einstein plays a crucial role in popularizing and introducing new physical concepts and theories into scientific circulation. First of all, this refers to the revision of the understanding of the physical essence of space and time and to the construction of a new theory of gravity instead of the Newtonian one. Einstein also, together with Planck, laid the foundations of quantum theory. These concepts, repeatedly confirmed by experiments, form the foundation of modern physics.