In my opinion one of the greatest scientist that influenced our technological advances and the way we live now was Albert Einstein. If it wasn't for his most important theory of general relativity we probably wouldn't have modern technology like the GPS for another 50 years. Or if it wasn't for his most important equation E=mc2 we wouldn't have modern refrigerators, the red-glowing exit signs in malls and movie theaters, radiology examinations, tomography (PET) scans used for medical diagnostics in hospitals and several other technologies. That's how we are now able to locate exactly where tumors or cancer's are in our bodies. Albert Einstein was an open minded thinker and although he was a great scientist his beliefs on non scientific issues were often indisputable. Although he became a well known physicist, he had struggled through school when he was young. He also faced struggle when Adolf Hitler came to power and since he was Jewish he wasn't able to go back to Germany. That's why he came to the U.S. and became an American citizen. He also wrote a letter to President Roosevelt persuading him to speed up the development of the most powerful bomb: the atomic bomb that was created using the E=mc2 equation. Einstein's work inspired us as well as threatened us. Some of his technologies hold a great promise in improving and advancing our technologies but some of them like the making of the atomic bomb threatens the entire existence of humans.
Works Cited:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
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