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Einstein@Home is a program that uses your computer's idle time to search for spinning neutron stars (... called pulsars) using data from the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors. Einstein@Home is a World Year of Physics 2005 project supported by the American Physical Society (APS) and by a number of international organizations.
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In popular culture, Einstein has become synonymous with someone of very high intelligence. His face has become one of the most recognizable the world-over. In 1999 Einstein was named "Person of the Century" by Time Magazine.
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Einstein moved to Berlin, taking a research post that freed him from teaching duties. He separated from his wife and two sons. When the First World War broke out, Einstein rejected Germany's aggressive war aims, supporting the formation of a pacifist group.
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Through the years, Einstein has been featured on various television and radio shows all over the world. Her big break came on Animal Planet’s "Pet Star" in August 2004. Her impressive performance generated a buzz that lead to an appearance on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on NBC.
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In 1905, Einstein showed that the world is profoundly shaped by a subatomic world ruled by quantum physics, a system with properties so bizarre that Einstein later found it difficult to accept. Yet these principles are now responsible for modern electronics, computers, lasers and medical imaging.
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It's almost impossible today to imagine Albert Einstein having trouble gaining a foothold in the world of physics, but such was the case for him in his early 20s. Here, he stands at a lectern in the Bern patent office in 1904.
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