Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein!

Born 14 March 1879; died 18 April 1955.

You left the world a weirder place than you found it — and for that, we thank you.

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23 Responses to Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein!

  1. purplefinch says:

    Oh yes, weirdness is good. We thank you very much.
    E=mc2

    first post? *does einstein dance*

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  2. ~~Red-tailed HAWK the swift~~ says:

    WHEEEEEEE!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAAAY!!!

    :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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  3. davidude says:

    Your theory of relativity left everyone bamboozled, but changed science forever. When I came into the world, the knowledge of space and time was mind-boggling (literally!) :) :)

    How do you do the einstein dance?

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  4. Shadowkat says:

    Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!
    “It is the theory of relativity…”

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  5. davidude says:

    If he were alive today, he would be 128. (That;’s 2 to the 7th power!)

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  6. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    Or 10000000 in binary notation.

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  7. iwanttobeamuffin says:

    Or 1280 in base one.
    Or 640 in base two.
    Or 422 in base three.
    Or 320 in base four.
    Or 253 in base five.
    Or 212 in base six.
    Or 182 in base seven.
    Or 160 in base eight.
    Or 142 in base nine.
    Or 128 in base ten.
    Sorry. Had to do that.

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  8. Dodecahedron (c+q) says:

    7- Isn’t binary base two? Isn’t it a defining part of bases that it only has that number of characters in it? Like, base 10 uses the digits 0123456789 and binary (base 2) uses the digits 01 and hexadecimal (base 16) uses the digits 0123456789ABCDEF? So how could it be base one, anyway? And how the six and four in base two? Etc. I’ll check wikipedia, to make sure.

    I think I’m mostly right, only base one would be tally marks, so it could exist.

    We appreciate you Albert Einstein! At least I do.

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  9. Julieb says:

    While not a fabulous role model, one of the most influential physicists of all time. He gave us the theory of special relativity, wrote papers that defined the basis of quantum physics, proved the existance of atoms, and of course, supplied future generations with several fabulous quotes. Happy Birthday, Mr. Einstein.

    Did you know Einstein never actually wrote E=mc2 in his paper on special relativity? He added the equivelent expression, m=E/c2 as a footnote in a seperate paper.

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  10. fellowmuser says:

    Have a happy birthday toooooo youuuuu
    We’ll have a great day toooooooooooo
    Everybody sing
    ‘Cause it’s EINSTEIN’S special day
    Happy birthdaaaaay*

    *Careful readers will note that this song comes from Blue’s Clues.

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  11. davidude says:

    A kid in my class had her birthday today. After everybody had finished singing her happy birthday, I announced it was also Albert Einstein’s birthday. The kid who sits behind me said, “we don’t care about him. He’s a dyslexic retard.” (Of course, I could probably say the same for him.) That dude didn’t know what he was saying. Albert Einstein needs more fame on his accomplishments!!! I didn’t even hear his name until I was in 3rd grade.

    7 – Base X can only contain a number (N) that meets this requirement:
    X = bigger than N
    Therefore base 3 cannot contain the number “4”, and base 5 cannot contain “5”!

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  12. davidude says:

    It’s not Einstein’s special day anymore…this thread is probably dead now.

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  13. davidude says:

    yep

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  14. davidude says:

    it’s, like, dead, dude

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  15. hypermoocow says:

    no it isnt cuz we r still posting

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  16. FrigidSymphony says:

    Einstein went to a swiss high school. Or was it college? In Aarau, I think…

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  17. davidude says:

    I say this thread is dead!!!

    Of course, now 10 new posts will now show up within an hour.

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  18. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    Proclaiming a thread dead doesn’t make it any more or less dead. We tend to leave threads open unless there’s a good reason to shut them down.

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  19. Paul Baker says:

    The thread isn’t necessarily dead. It depends how fast it’s travelling relative to the rest of the blog.

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  20. davidude says:

    Okay.

    I say this thread is growing veeeeeeeeery slooooooowly compared to the rest of the blog.

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  21. Der Wachtelschlag says:

    E equals MC cubed. Basic Whovian principle.

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  22. Cat's Meow says:

    21-Isn’t it e=mc squared? Or am I just out of my mind here? @_@

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  23. davidude says:

    22 – You’re not. You’re correct

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