20th Century Genius

20th Century Genius Award. Einstein has become a symbol of the modern science, a figure that has subverted all the patterns of the American definition of the hero. Einstein was the first intellectual superstar and he has gained his popularity via the only way Americans will accept it: an intuitive non-academical intelligence, and by applying the discoveries of his brilliant mind to pragmatic things (such as rockets and the atomic bomb). Einstein was enormously helped …

…Da Vinci and Einstein were both self-taught, self-made prodigies in their own time. The minds of these men continue to draw our interest even today, long after they have passed; fortunately, their works and teachings will forever be around to pass on for generations. References Pais, A. (1982). The Science and Life of Albert Einstein. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. White, M. (1994). Einstein: A life in science. New York, New York: First Dutton Printing.