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- Albert Einstein was well known for his thought experiments involving complex scientific ideas.
- Often he used real-world examples that helped non-scientists grasp his theories of relativity.
- He started pondering one of them, about chasing a beam of light through space, when he was 16.
Albert Einstein, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, forever changed the landscape of science by introducing revolutionary concepts that shook our understanding of the physical world.