Yorkshire Philosophical Society

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Einstein: Superscientist? Superman?

by Professor Jim Matthew, The University of York

Albert Einstein was a genius by any measure of that term but that doesn’t mean he was a perfect scientist or a perfect human being. After a momentous career between 1905 and the 1920s he became the best known scientist in the world but this coincided with him being out of fashion with the mainstream of research in physics. In addition his political intrusions into the League of Nations and Zionist promotion of a state of Israel were not always consistent and helpful. This lecture paints a sympathetic but realistic picture of an extraordinary man and pose the question “Will there ever be another scientist like Einstein?”

This lecture is organised by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society as part of the British Science Association “outreach” programme.

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