20th Century Genius Award.
Einstein has become a symbol of the modern science, a figure that has subverted all the patterns of the American definition of the hero. Einstein was the first intellectual superstar and he has gained his popularity via the only way Americans will accept it: an intuitive non-academical intelligence, and by applying the discoveries of his brilliant mind to pragmatic things (such as rockets and the atomic bomb).
Einstein was enormously helped by the fact that he wasn't associated with any renowned educational university or institution. His statute wasn't dependen…
