Friday, March 18, 2011

Theory


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Male Silverback Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla): photo by Raul654, 2005




We have to do the best we can
That is our sacred human responsibility
Said Einstein to the gorilla
Who yawned and smiled patiently once again




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Albert Einstein lecturing on theoretical physics, Vienna: photographer unknown, c. 1921

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"Einstein Theory Triumphs"
: New York Times, 10 November 1919 (image by Ravidreams, 2005)

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Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein discussing theoretical physics, at the home of fellow physicist Paul Ehrenfest, Leiden, December 1925: photo by Paul Ehrenfest, 1925 (image by Fastfission, 2005)

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Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer in a posed photograph at the Institute for Advanced Study, n.d.
: photo courtesy of US Threat Reduction Agency (image by BenTels, 2005)

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J. Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves, wearing white overshoes to prevent fallout from sticking to the soles of their shoes, examine the remains of one of the bases of the steel test tower at Manhattan Project's Trinity nuclear test site, September 1945
: photo by US Army Corps of Engineers (image by Hawkeye7, 2010)