EinsteinAlbert Einstein is an icon of the twentieth century. Born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879, he is most famous for his theory of relativity, which is considered the founding principle of modern physics. He also made enormous contributions to quantum mechanics and cosmology, and for his work he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. A self pronounced pacifist, humanist, and, late in his life, democratic socialist, Einstein was also deeply concerned with the