as a type-name for a person of genius, 1920, in reference to German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), who was world-famous from 1919 through media accounts of his work in theoretical physics. According to "German-American Names" (George F. Jones, 3rd ed., 2006) it means literally "place encompassed by a stone wall."
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1. Einstein had the chutzpah to discard common sense and long-established theory.
愛因斯坦敢于拋棄常識和長期公認(rèn)的理論。
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2. He is routinely described as the greatest scientist since Einstein.
他通常被認(rèn)為是繼愛因斯坦之后最偉大的科學(xué)家。
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3. Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding.
愛因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在膨脹。
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4. Einstein formulated the Theory of Relativity in 1905.
愛因斯坦于1905年創(chuàng)立了相對論。
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5. Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century.