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Help your child's development with the Baby Einstein Collection of DVDs. So who was Einstein? Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955) was a theoretical physicist, with considerable applied mathematical abilities, who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century.

He proposed the theory of relativity and also made major contributions to the development of quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics and cosmology.

He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect and "for his services to Theoretical Physics".

After his general theory of relativity was formulated, Einstein became world-famous, an unusual achievement for a scientist. In his later years, his fame exceeded that of any other scientist in history, and in popular culture, Einstein has become synonymous with someone of very high intelligence or the ultimate genius. His face is also one of the most recognizable the world-over. In 1999 Einstein was named "Person of the Century" by Time Magazine.

In his honor, a unit used in photochemistry, the einstein, as well as the chemical element einsteinium were named after him. This information came from. Wikipedia the free online encyclopedia.