Wilson: Einstein And the Power of Imagination
“WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF …?”
by Don Wilson
When Time Magazine decided to name a “Person of the Century,” the list of finalists was staggering: Franklin Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Hitler, Churchill, and more. But the nod was given to
Albert Einstein, and the decision is indisputable. More than anything, the 20
th Century was the age of physics. It was an era that saw the birth of a radically different way of viewing the universe – a new vision that altered everything from the way we negotiate international politics to the way our children entertain themselves after school. And behind every aspect of that new vision stands one shaggy-haired, absent-minded, avuncular figure.
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