New Einstein

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New Einstein is a Cliché used by editors of popular media to describe physicists who achieve a certain level of recognition in popular media.

Contents 1 New Einstein candidates 1.1 Physicists 1.2 Non-Physicists 2 Discussions on New Einstein concept 3 Sources

[edit] New Einstein candidates

[edit] Physicists

A list of physicists who were dubbed as the New Einstein at some point in their careers:

• Lee Smolin^[1]
• Edward Witten^[2]
• Garrett Lisi^[3]
• Stephen Hawking
• Mordehai Milgrom
• Giovanni Amelino-Camelia
• Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara

[edit] Non-Physicists

• Peter Lynds

[edit] Discussions on New Einstein concept

• Why no new Einsteins by Lee Smolin
• The next Einstein? Wait a century by Dennis Overbye
• Could the Next Einstein Be a Surfer Dude? by Stephen Cass and Amos Kenigsberg

[edit] Sources

1. ^ disinformation | lee smolin: the new einstein?
2. ^ RAND | Newsroom | Commentary | Making Europe a Home Fit for the Next Einstein
3. ^ Poor Mojo Newswire: Surfer with a Spirograph - the new Einstein?