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If you have never seen this photo, it is at least strange. But few people know how the famous photo appeared. And it all happened on March 14, 1951, when Albert Einstein celebrated his 72nd birthday. He left Princeton University with Dr. Eidelot and his wife. The three of them got into the car after celebrating the birthday of a physics genius at the university. They were constantly harassed by photographers and reporters. But one of them stood aside, waiting for the main crowd of journalists to disperse. Having waited, Arthur Szasz approached those sitting in the car and asked the professor to smile for a photo card on his birthday. In response, Einstein showed his tongue!

Here's what the full version of the famous photo looks like. This frame has become a legendary symbol of the originality of a man of genius.
In the editorial office where Artur Sas worked, they could not decide for a long time whether it was worth publishing such an unusual shot, and the shot was published anyway. Seeing himself with his tongue hanging out on the front page of a newspaper, Albert Einstein fell in love with the photo. He immediately cut the photo to the sizes we were used to and made copies, which he sent to his friends as postcards. A year before his death, he wrote to one of his friends that this gesture is addressed to all humanity!

The "mad scientist" character, like Emmett Brown from the movie "Back to the Future", Albert Einstein owes not so much to his mental state as to his eccentric image.

An outstanding physicist who completely devoted himself to science, he preferred to appear in public with disheveled hair and wearing a homely stretched sweater. It was immediately clear that all his thoughts were completely devoted to science and not to appearance.

A forgetful, taciturn, completely impractical person - this is how many remember him. The physicist devoted his life to discoveries and was a mysterious person.

Only once, on March 14, 1952, on the day of the seventy-second anniversary, Albert Einstein showed his true face, further arousing interest in his own person.

Photographer Seiss asked the physicist to make a thoughtful face that would match the image of the legendary researcher. The scientist’s reaction, namely sticking out his tongue, surprised everyone. It turns out that Einstein is quite positive and down to earth... The photograph, which completely dispelled the image of the gray-haired and slightly disheveled scientist, is today one of the most famous in the world.

The physicist himself admitted that he really liked this picture, because everyone saw in him not an “evil genius”, but an ordinary person. Later, the scientist even sent this photo to acquaintances and friends as a greeting card. Journalist H. Smith received a unique photograph signed by the physics genius.

In just a matter of days, a photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue hanging out went around the world. True, it was cut off. In the original photo, in addition to the physicist, there was also the Eidelot family. Only nine full photos were printed. One of these photographs was sold for $74,000 in 2009.

Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879, Ulm, Württemberg, Germany - April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, USA) - theoretical physicist, one of the founders of modern theoretical physics, winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, public figure and humanist. Lived in Germany (1879–1893, 1914–1933), Switzerland (1893–1914) and the USA (1933–1955). Honorary doctor of about 20 leading universities in the world, member of many Academies of Sciences, including foreign honorary member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1926). Einstein is the author of more than 300 scientific works on physics, as well as about 150 books and articles in the field of history and philosophy of science, journalism, etc.

History of photography

The vast majority of the world's inhabitants perceive Albert Einstein as a “mad scientist.” This image formed in the minds of millions of people solely due to the extraordinary appearance of the great scientist, and not to his mental state.

An outstanding physicist, who devoted himself entirely to science, often appeared before the public in an ordinary stretched sweater, with disheveled hair, and his gaze turned inward - the scientist’s mind was constantly busy solving complex problems. Also widely known was the forgetfulness and impracticality of this sweet, intelligent man, who made discoveries not for personal gain, but for the sake of all mankind.

Only once in his entire long life did Albert Einstein lift the veil of secrecy over his personality, arousing even greater interest in his person. This happened on the day of his seventy-second anniversary.

The full shot shows him already sitting in the car. The people next to him are Dr. Eidelot and his wife. That evening Albert Einstein was besieged by annoying reporters. One of them, Arthur Sass, waited until the crowd died down and only then approached the car with the words “Hey, Professor, smile for a birthday photo, huh?” Einstein, who by that time was pretty tired of these cameras, stuck out his tongue for a second and immediately turned away, being sure that they wouldn’t have time to click it, but Sass did!

Now digital cameras can produce images almost continuously. At that stage, preparing for each shot was still a complex process; reporters prepared each shot, like a chef preparing a dish in an expensive restaurant.

When the editors saw what had happened, there was a serious discussion with the “big shots” about whether it was worth publishing, but, fortunately, everything ended well. It remains to add that Einstein himself liked the photo. He personally cut it to its now familiar form and sent it as a postcard to his friends. It is known that he wrote to one of them: “You will like this gesture, since it is addressed to all humanity.”

The photograph, which in a short time went around the whole world, was cropped - the Eidelot family was still present there. Albert Einstein subsequently sent it to friends as a New Year's greeting card. A total of nine original photographs were printed, and one of them sold for $74,000 in 2009.

1. Albert Einstein was so famous that when he was stopped on the street and asked if it was him, he said: “Excuse me, excuse me! People always confuse me with Einstein."
2. When asked what the speed of sound is, Albert Einstein replied: “I never remember things that can be easily found in books.”
3. Following a newspaper article that a family had died due to toxic fumes leaking from their refrigerator, Albert Einstein and his former student invented a refrigeration system with no moving parts. The invention was called "Einstein's Refrigerator".
4. Einstein was an early supporter of the civil rights movement. He made comparisons between the Jewish people in Germany and the blacks in America, and stated that "ultimately, we are all human."
5. Contrary to popular belief, Einstein was not bad at mathematics. At the age of fifteen he had already mastered differential and integral calculations.
6. The famous photo of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue was taken on his birthday (72 years old). The photographer tried to convince him to smile for the camera one last time, but after smiling for the photographer many times, Einstein stuck out his tongue
7. When Einstein died in 1955, a small notebook was found covered in writing and calculations. The notebook was posted online for everyone to see.
8. In 1952, Albert Einstein was asked to become Prime Minister of Israel. But he refused this offer, saying that, as a scientist, he works with objective facts, and he lacks the ability and experience to lead the country.
9. In 1947, German mathematician Kurt Gödel told Albert Einstein that he had discovered a loophole in the Constitution that allowed them to become dictators. However, Einstein dissuaded Gödel from taking such a step because he knew that it could ultimately prevent Gödel from obtaining American citizenship.
10. The day before his death, Einstein refused the operation, saying: “I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to try to prolong life artificially. I've made my choice, it's time to go. I will do it elegantly."
11. Einstein was born on pi-day (14/3/1879).
12. When Einstein met Charlie Chaplin, the latter remarked that “people applaud me because everyone understands, and they applaud you because no one understands you.”
13. Einstein was an agnostic and did not like fanatical atheists and described them as slaves who still feel the weight of the broken chains.
14. Albert Einstein worked as an electrician at Oktoberfest in 1896.
15. Albert Einstein's last words were lost forever because he spoke them in German, a language that the nurse next to him did not know.
16. Albert Einstein charged people $1 for an autograph, and then he donated the money collected to charity.
17. Einstein once remarked that "God doesn't play dice" when he was frustrated with Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, to which Niels Bohr responded: "Stop telling God what to do."
18. 18. Albert Einstein once used a check from the Rockefeller Foundation for $1,500 as a bookmark for a book, and then lost the book.
19. Einstein could not afford to pay alimony to his wife during a divorce; he offered to give her all the money if he received the Nobel Prize. A few years later he kept his promise.
20. Albert Einstein's eyes are kept in a secure location in New York.
21. Scientists used atomic clocks to prove Einstein's theory of relativity.
22. Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt warning him that the United States was losing the nuclear arms race to Germany. Several years later, he admitted that he regretted this letter, and he himself caused a nuclear arms race with this letter.
23. Master Yoda's face in the Star Wars movie was based on images of Albert Einstein, but in a smaller size.
24. Despite the fact that Albert Einstein died in 1955, he is ranked 7th on the Dead Celebrity Earnings list, with an income of $10 million a year from the sale of Baby Einstein products.
25. When Einstein died, his brain was removed from his body by the doctor who performed the autopsy. Later the organ disappeared along with the doctor.
26. The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia contains images of 46 fragments of Albert Einstein's brain.

In the scientist’s homeland, in the city of Ulm, there is a monument with a sculptural portrait copying this photograph. Ulm is a three-hour drive from Frankfurt am Main. The monument is made in the form of a rocket, from the nozzle of which jets of water burst out at high speed, and at the top of the rocket, the world-famous scientist sticks out his tongue to residents and guests of the city, as if saying: “You, of course, remember me, but this is who I have become.”

Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Baden-Württenberg in the family of Hermann and Pauline Einstein. When Albert was one year old, the family moved to Munich, where his father and uncle Jacob founded a boiler plant, which failed a few years later.

The child was two years old when his sister Maya was born. At the age of three, Albert received a compass as a gift. He twisted it in all directions, and the arrow returned to the same position, pointing to the same point in the room, which greatly surprised the baby. This was the first scientific study of the great scientist. Albert started speaking late and his speech was somewhat slow.

Sometimes he committed unpredictable acts, sometimes he was overcome by fits of temper. Parents were even afraid of some kind of mental abnormality. On October 1, 1885, six-year-old Albert crossed the threshold of a Catholic elementary school. After the first days of school, the capable student was transferred to second grade, where he studied well.

In 1893, his father's company failed and the family was forced to move to Italy. Without finishing school, but having received a certificate stating that he had completed a full course of mathematical disciplines, Albert tried to enter the Technical Institute in Zurich. This institution of higher education did not require a high school diploma, but applicants had to be at least 18 years old. Einstein was 16, but thanks to his persistence, the management agreed to allow him to take the entrance exams if he was able to report for the full course of school.

“The man of the twentieth century”, as defined by Time magazine, Albert Einstein successfully... failed the entrance exams in languages, botany and zoology! However, he passed mathematics and physics so brilliantly that Professor Weber invited him to attend second-year lectures in physics.

He played the violin beautifully, which was an outlet in all periods of his life, rode a bicycle and horse perfectly, and thanks to his erudition and wit, he was the soul of any company.

Albert Einstein was known as a desperate womanizer. Of course, the women around him did not remain indifferent. With the same passion with which he studied his favorite mathematics and physics, he devoted himself to his short-term but numerous love interests.
Despite the fact that Albert graduated from the university with a high score (4.91 out of 6.0), he could not get a job, since the professors, due to his behavior, could not give their graduate a positive description: during his studies he missed a lot part of the classrooms. He later said that he “simply didn’t have time to go to class.” True, according to other evidence, what prevented him from getting a job was that he was a stateless person and, moreover, a Jew.

Only after his friend Marcel Grossman provided him with patronage, Albert was hired as a clerk at the patent office in Zurich, where he worked for seven years, constantly receiving promotions.

Despite his busy work and family concerns, he published his main works on mechanics and thermodynamics during this period. During these same years, he published the results of his research on the theory of relativity, which formed the basis of modern cosmology and brought him worldwide fame.

He developed an interest in Jewish roots and became active in the Zionist movement, which infuriated anti-Semites. In the 1920s, he traveled around Europe, giving lectures on the theory of relativity and raising money to help the Zionist movement.

In 1922, Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics and gave all the money to his first wife and children. Later he comes to Palestine and inaugurates the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

This event also includes the appearance of the famous photograph, called “Einstein with his tongue hanging out.” Most of us don’t even remember the rest of the photographs of the father of the theory of relativity.