• Question: was Einstein a good or bad engineer?

    Asked by $umm£r to Oliver, Leah, Hannah, Aleks on 8 Mar 2019.
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      Hannah Griffin answered on 8 Mar 2019: last edited 8 Mar 2019 8:53 am

      Sorry, I’m not sure I can answer that. He is more well known for being a scientist. However, I did find this site that is quite interesting https://sciencestruck.com/albert-einstein-inventions

      I then found this article which said that although the fridge was not used in people’s houses, the “pump design played a significant role in the production of radioisotopes in nuclear reactors for many years to come.” https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/sciencecommunication/2013/09/05/einsteins-fridge/

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      Leah Morgan answered on 13 Mar 2019:

      Hey! Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist who did lots of work on things like relativity and wormholes. Although I don’t know whether he could be considered an engineer, I do know that engineers are very practical and that theoretical physicists are usually not. So I’d guess that he might not have been a great engineer though he was an amazing physicist 🙂

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