Einstein (disambiguation)
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist.
Einstein may also refer to:
Places
2001 Einstein, a main belt asteroid
Einstein (crater), a large lunar crater
Mount Einstein in Alaska
Mount Einstein in the Paparoa Range in New Zealand
Einstein metro station, a station in the Santiago Metro
People
Einstein (surname), including a list of people with the name
Einstein Kristiansen, real name Øistein Kristiansen (born 1965), Norwegian cartoonist and designer
Fictional characters
Einstein (Farscape), in the science fiction TV series Farscape
Einstein (dog), pet of Doc Brown in the Back to the Future movie trilogy
Albert Einstein, in the TV series Alien Nation
Einstein, a Great Dane in the 1988 film Oliver & Company
Nina Einstein, a character from the anime series Code Geass
Agent Einstein, in the tenth season of the TV series The X-Files
Science, technology, and mathematics
Einstein Observatory, the first fully imaging X-ray telescope put into orbit
Einstein Probe, Chinese X-ray telescope
Einstein (US-CERT program), an intrusion detection program used by the United States Department of Homeland Security
Einstein Telescope, a gravitational wave detector under design
Einstein Tower, an astrophysical observatory in Potsdam, Germany
Einstein (unit), a physical unit defined primarily as the energy in one mole of photons and sometimes as one mole of photons
Tatung Einstein, a personal computer produced by Taiwanese corporation Tatung
A solution to the Einstein problem, a shape that tiles the plane only aperiodically
Television
Einstein (film), a 2008 biographical TV movie about Albert Einstein
Einstein (American TV series), an American TV series based on the German series of the same name
Einstein (German TV series), a German television series
Einstein (Swiss TV series), a Swiss television scientific infotainment serial
Einstein, the first season of the American TV series Genius
Other uses
"Einstein" (Kelly Clarkson song), from her 2011 album Stronger
Einstein, a game similar to Simon made in 1979 by the Castle Toy Co.
Einstein Prize (disambiguation), several awards named after Albert Einstein
Einstein (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse
Einstein, a 1974 opera by Paul Dessau
See also
Albert Einstein (disambiguation)
Einstein@Home, a distributed computing project
Einstein Bros.
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