Me and My Hero: Albert Einstein

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Me and My Hero Albert Einstein

• By Eric Blacher

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Albert Einstein is a hero to the Jewish people,
to our country, and to the whole world for his
uncanny scientific talent, sense of altruism, and
love of humanity. Selected as Time Magazines
Man of the Century, Einstein exemplifies my
definition of a hero.
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My definition of a hero is.

• Someone that can overcome obstacles and utilize
  them for positive purposes.
• Someone that demonstrates a degree of leadership
  whereby a significant contribution is made and
  affects society as a whole.
• Someone who improves the lives of others.
• Someone who I can aspire to be like.

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Einstein Biographical Facts I

• Born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March
  14, 1879.
• When he was a boy, his family moved to Munich,
  which had a reputation for anti-Semitism.
• No early signs of his future genius.
• He was constantly the target of anti-Semitism by
  his classmates.
• Anti-German vow and give up citizenship.

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Einstein Biographical Facts II

• In 1896 he was able to enroll at the Swiss
  Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
• By 1902 he had secured a position as patent
  examiner at the Swiss patent office in Bern,
  where he worked for the next 7 years.
• The year 1905 was a significant year for
  science. At the age of 26, Einstein published
  four papers in the journal Annalen der Physik.
  Four Papers.

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Einstein Biographical Facts III

• Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921
• Accepted numerous professorships in several
  prestigious institutes of higher learning.

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Einstein Biographical Facts IV

• Einstein was a Zionist, humanist, and advocate of
  peace.
• Toured America with Chaim Weitzman and the
  Zionists and spoke in favor of support of the
  United Jewish Appeal and Israel.
• When Chaim Weitzman died, Einstein was asked to
  be candidate for president of Israel, but
  declined.
• Instead, he became a trustee of Hebrew University
  and donated many of his original manuscripts to
  it.

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Hebrew University Statement
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Einstein Biographical Facts V

• Einstein was a pacifist and an active leader in
  the international anti-war movement.
• Advocated military preparedness against the
  threat of Nazism.
• He was tireless in his efforts to prevent war.
• He was urged by physicists to write his famous
  letter to President Roosevelt to make him aware
  of the inherent dangers of Germanys developing
  an atomic bomb.
• When asked how World War III would be fought he
  said he didnt know. But he said World War IV
  would be fought with sticks and stones.

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Einstein Biographical Facts VI

• We must do everything in our power to safeguard
  against its nuclear weapons abuse.
• Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it
  can only be attained through understanding.
• -Albert Einstein

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Synthesis of Heroic Traits

• Felt a close affinity with the Jewish people and
  advocated a Jewish homeland and said a solution
  to the Arab-Jewish conflict had to be based on
  mutual understanding and consent.
• Peace activist and humanitarian.
• Overcame the obstacles of anti-Semitism and fame.
• Unprecedented genius and incredible mathematical,
  scientific, and philosophical talent.
• Someone who I want to emulate.

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Radio Address

• Ladies and gentlemen, our age is proud of the
  progress it has made in mans intellectual
  development. The search and striving for truth
  and knowledge is one of the highest of mans
  qualities- though often the pride is most loudly
  voiced by those who strive the least. And
  certainly we should take care not to make the
  intellect our god it has, of course, powerful
  muscles, but no personality. It cannot lead, it
  can only serve and it is not fastidious in its
  choice of a leader. This characteristic is
  reflected in the quality of its priests, the
  intellectuals. The intellect has a sharp eye for
  methods and tools, but is blind to ends and
  values. So it is no wonder that this fatal
  blindness is handed on from old to young and
  today involves a whole generation.

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You are my hero Professor Beyer

• Thank you for a great seminar!

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