{"id":79177,"date":"2025-12-16T11:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=79177"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:44:23","slug":"small-things-we-owe-to-albert-einstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/small-things-we-owe-to-albert-einstein\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSmall\u201d things we owe to Albert Einstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Albert-Einstein.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"302\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Albert-Einstein.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Albert-Einstein-250x111.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\n<span dir=\"auto\">If we were to ask people on the street for the name of a scientist, the answers would mostly be divided between\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Einstein\"><span dir=\"auto\">Albert Einstein<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie_Curie\"><span dir=\"auto\">Marie Curie<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isaac_Newton\"><span dir=\"auto\">Isaac Newton<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Hawking\"><span dir=\"auto\">Stephen Hawking<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0and local scientists, such as\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santiago_Ram%C3%B3n_y_Cajal\"><span dir=\"auto\">Santiago Ram\u00f3n y Cajal<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, or those who appeared in films, such as\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Oppenheimer\"><span dir=\"auto\">Robert Oppenheimer<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbbva.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/anexo-cultura-cientifica-internacional-conocimiento.pdf\"><span dir=\"auto\">According to some polls<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, the first four would get approximately between 60% and 90% of the responses, and Albert Einstein would be the clear winner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Now, if we were to ask why they know Einstein, the vast majority of those surveyed would answer &#8220;the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/la-esencia-de-la-teoria-de-la-relatividad-de-einstein-219656\"><span dir=\"auto\">theory of relativity<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0!&#8221;, even if they didn&#8217;t know what that theory was about&#8230; We would agree that Einstein contributed to the progress of science with this achievement, although he also did so in other, less well-known areas that are of great importance in our daily lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span dir=\"auto\">Four pioneering articles<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">In 1905, before publishing his most renowned theory, Albert Einstein published\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Art%C3%ADculos_del_Annus_mirabilis_de_Einstein\"><span dir=\"auto\">four articles<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, each of which was worthy of the Nobel Prize:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span dir=\"auto\">On a heuristic point of view on the production and transformation of light<\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, in which he proposed\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuanto\"><span dir=\"auto\">quanta of energy<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0and explained the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Efecto_fotoel%C3%A9ctrico\"><span dir=\"auto\">photoelectric effect<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span dir=\"auto\">On the movement of small particles suspended in a stationary liquid, as required by the molecular kinetic theory of heat<\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, in which he provided empirical evidence of the reality of the atom and gave credence to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mec%C3%A1nica_estad%C3%ADstica\"><span dir=\"auto\">statistical mechanics<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, a branch of physics relegated at that time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span dir=\"auto\">On the electrodynamics of moving bodies<\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, a precursor to his great theory, in which Einstein reconciled\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ecuaciones_de_Maxwell\"><span dir=\"auto\">Maxwell&#8217;s equations of electromagnetism<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mec%C3%A1nica_cl%C3%A1sica\"><span dir=\"auto\">laws of classical mechanics<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0: he proposed the speed of light as the maximum achievable speed, accessible only to photons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span dir=\"auto\">Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy content? This is the question from<\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Einstein&#8217;s work, in which he deduced the most famous equation of all time, or at least the one most reproduced on t-shirts and mugs. The equivalence between the mass of a body at rest and the energy it can be converted into:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Equivalencia_entre_masa_y_energ%C3%ADa\"><span dir=\"auto\">E=mc\u00b2<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span dir=\"auto\">Clock synchronization<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Every time someone opens Google Maps or their car&#8217;s navigation system, the proper functioning of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceplace.nasa.gov\/gps\/sp\/\"><span dir=\"auto\">GPS<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0depends directly on Einstein&#8217;s theory of relativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">The satellites that make up the GPS system move very fast and are located far from the Earth&#8217;s surface, where the Earth&#8217;s gravitational influence is weaker. Einstein discovered that time does not advance at the same rate under all circumstances: gravity and the speed of the object modify it. Therefore, the clocks on the satellites tend to run faster or slower than those on the Earth&#8217;s surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">The GPS system corrects for this effect by applying the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/practicas.uco.es\/investigacion\/ucci\/es\/noticias-gen\/item\/1585-breve-resena-sobre-la-teoria-de-la-relatividad-especial-y-general\"><span dir=\"auto\">equations of special and general relativity<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0. Without it, positioning errors of several kilometers would occur within a single day. Similarly, modern internet and telecommunications infrastructure depends on extremely precise synchronization between clocks distributed across the globe, many of them also on satellites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">If these clocks were not corrected in accordance with general relativity, electrical grids, electronic payments, air navigation, and the internet itself would suffer major failures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Every connection, every video call, and every bank transaction benefits, without us even noticing, from the way Einstein changed our understanding of time and gravity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span dir=\"auto\">Solar panels: a matter of photons<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Modern solar panels work thanks to the photoelectric effect, which was explained by Einstein in 1905 \u2013 this merit was rewarded with\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/physics\/1921\/summary\/\"><span dir=\"auto\">the Nobel Prize in 1921<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">He proposed that light is made up of packets of energy called photons and that, when a photon with enough energy strikes certain materials, it can knock an electron from their surface. This ejection of electrons is what generates an electric current in a solar cell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Every domestic photovoltaic panel, every solar street light, and every small portable solar charger is based on exactly the process that this scientist described: light that releases electrons and electrons that generate electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span dir=\"auto\">Video calls and digital screens<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Digital photography, mobile phone cameras, webcams, and virtually every modern image capture system also work thanks to the same effect. In\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sea-astronomia.es\/glosario\/ccd\"><span dir=\"auto\">CCD<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sensor_CMOS\"><span dir=\"auto\">CMOS<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0sensors , which have replaced traditional photographic film, each point in the image is a tiny cell that releases electrons when it receives light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">That release is measured electronically and converted into a digital image. The physical principle behind every everyday photo, video, or video call is exactly the one Einstein described in 1905.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span dir=\"auto\">Large and small lasers<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Lasers, which are now used in a wide variety of applications, work according to a mechanism predicted by Einstein:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/garciaargos.com\/descargas\/apuntes\/5curso\/ComunicacionesOpticas2\/Emisi%F3n%20estimulada.pdf\"><span dir=\"auto\">stimulated emission<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0. In a 1917 article, he theorized that an atom could be &#8220;forced&#8221; to emit light identical to that which it received, creating an extremely pure, concentrated, and optically coherent beam of light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Decades later, this prediction became the operating principle of the laser. Today, we find lasers in barcode scanners at the supermarket, optical mice, laser printers, CD players, fiber optic internet connections, and some medical procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span dir=\"auto\">Nuclear medicine<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Nuclear energy and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/medicina-nuclear-como-iluminar-el-interior-de-nuestro-cuerpo-con-aceleradores-de-particulas-177122\"><span dir=\"auto\">several modern medical techniques<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0rely on the equation E=mc\u00b2. This relationship states that a small amount of mass contains an enormous amount of energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Understanding this link made it possible to explain the functioning of atomic nuclei and paved the way for nuclear reactors, but also for essential medical uses, such as radiotherapy or\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tomograf%C3%ADa_por_emisi%C3%B3n_de_positrones\"><span dir=\"auto\">PET<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0(positron emission tomography) scans, which allow the diagnosis of diseases by detecting small amounts of radiation from atomic disintegrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Although it may not be something that a person uses directly every day, it does profoundly affect public health and the treatment of millions of patients around the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">In short, every time someone receives a radiodiagnosis or a treatment based on nuclear physics, checks a route on their GPS or charges their mobile phone with a solar panel, they are somehow taking advantage of one of Albert Einstein&#8217;s ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>A<strong>uthor Bio:<\/strong> Francisco Jos\u00e9 Torcal Milla is Full Professor. Department of Applied Physics. Center: EINA at the Institute: I3A, University of Zaragoza<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we were to ask people on the street for the name of a scientist, the answers would mostly be divided between\u00a0Albert Einstein\u00a0,\u00a0Marie Curie\u00a0,\u00a0Isaac Newton\u00a0,\u00a0Stephen Hawking\u00a0and local scientists, such as\u00a0Santiago Ram\u00f3n y Cajal\u00a0, or those who appeared in films, such as\u00a0Robert Oppenheimer\u00a0. 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