Albert Einstein Memorial
by LeeAnn McLaneGoetz McLaneGoetzStudioLLCcom
Title
Albert Einstein Memorial
Artist
LeeAnn McLaneGoetz McLaneGoetzStudioLLCcom
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Engraved as though written on the papers held in the statue's left hand are three equations, summarising three of Einstein's important scientific advances:
eV=h
u-A, (the photoelectric effect)
R_{mu
u} - {1 over 2} g_{mu
u}R = kappa T_{mu
u} (the theory of general relativity)
E=mc^{2}, (the equivalence of energy and matter)
Three quotes from Einstein are printed on nearby informational panels, and inscribed on the back of the granite bench:
"As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance, and equality of all citizens before the law prevail."
"Joy and amazement of the beauty and grandeur of this world of which man can just form a faint notion …"
"The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true."
The statue was filmed and subsequently used in the opening title sequence of Sesame Street during the show's 20th season.
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June 24th, 2011
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LeeAnn McLane-Goetz
The Albert Einstein Memorial is a monumental bronze statue depicting Albert Einstein seated with manuscript papers in hand. It is located in central Washington, D.C., United States, in a grove of trees at the southwest corner of the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences on Constitution Avenue, near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.