In this series of scientific eponyms now we are presenting a list of things named after Einstein. With this post we will make you aware of all the things that show a mark of respect for the legend and great physicist Albert Einstein. Best known for E = mc2 (mass-energy equivalence), Einstein contributed to subjects like photoelectric effect, relativity, special relativity. Things which derive its name from Albert Einstein belong to a large spectra including scientific and mathematical concepts, technologies, schools and colleges, streets, buildings, arts and entertainment stuffs, awards, and others. In this article, we will be making you aware of all these things one by one.
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Albert Einstein Facts
Before we start, let’s be aware of some of the interesting facts about the German-American physicist Albert Einstein.
| Born | March 14, 1879, Ulm, Württemberg, Germany |
| Died | April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Awards and honours | 1. Nobel Prize (1921) 2. Copley Medal (1925) |
| Contribution in Subjects | Brownian motion Mass-energy relation Gravitation Gravitational waves Light Mass-energy equivalence Photoelectric effect Photon Relativity Space-time Special relativity Unified field theory |
Scientific and mathematical concepts named after Einstein
The scientific concepts and principles which are named after Einstein are mentioned below. There are numerous concepts which Einstein provided or inspired.
- Bose-Einstein Condensate – It is a state of matter that is typically formed when low density gases of bosons are cooled to temperatures very close to absolute zero.
- Einstein’s equivalence principle – In the theory of General Relativity, this principle talks about equivalence of gravitational and inertial mass.
- Einstein frame –
- Einstein’s radius of the universe
- Einstein (unit)
- Einstein’s mass–energy relation
- Einstein–Cartan theory
- Einstein–Hopf drag
- Einstein gravitational constant
- Einstein notation
- Bose–Einstein correlations
- Bose–Einstein statistics
- Einstein aether theory
- Einstein coefficients
- Einstein’s cosmological constant
- Einstein relation (kinetic theory)
- Einstein–Hermitian vector bundle
- Einstein–Hilbert action
- Planck–Einstein relation
- Einstein–Brillouin–Keller method
- Einstein–de Haas effect
- Einstein–Maxwell–Dirac equations
- Einstein–de Sitter universe
- Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox
- Einstein–Rosen bridge
- Einstein–Rosen metric
- Einstein shift
- Einstein–Schrödinger equation
- Einstein manifold
- Einstein radius
- Einstein group
- Kähler–Einstein metric
- Wiener–Khinchin–Einstein theorem
- Einstein pseudotensor
- Friedmann–Einstein universe
- Hamilton–Jacobi–Einstein equation
- Stark–Einstein law
- Einstein ring
- Einstein–Infeld–Hoffmann equations
- Einstein synchronisation
- Einstein tensor
- Einstein Cross
- Einstein field equations
- Einstein function
- Einstein’s light box
- Einstein model
- Einstein’s static universe
- Higher-dimensional Einstein gravity
- Stokes–Einstein equation (translational diffusion)
- Stokes–Einstein–Debye equation (rotational diffusion)
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Technologies named after Einstein
The famous technologies are mentioned below.
- Einstein refrigerator
- Tatung Einstein
- Einstein Observatory
- Einstein Telescope
- Albert Einstein ATV
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Awards named after Einstein
The famous awards and honours are mentioned below.
- Albert Einstein World Award of Science
- Albert Einstein Award
- Albert Einstein Medal
- Einstein Prize for Laser Science
- Einstein Prize (APS)
References – Albert Einstein Biography and WikiPedia
Things Named After Albert Einstein – FAQs
Einsteinium (Es), having atomic number 99 is named so as a mark of respect for Albert Einstein.
2001 Einstein, an asteroid derives its name from the greatest physicist Albert Einstein.
It is the same blackboard which Einstein used during a lecture delivered in the University of Oxford in England. It was 16 May 1931.
“Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative Fund” is named after Einstein.
Einstein and Einstein A are lunar impact craters named after Albert Einstein.
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