Albert Einstein · every age
What was Albert Einstein doing at 38?
A patent clerk who upended physics at 26
- c. 1917
Described stimulated emission, the basis of the laser
He also applied relativity to the whole universe and became director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Portrait: Photo: Orren Jack Turner (1947), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source