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THE CORRECT ANSWER: Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein is undoubtedly the most famous physicist of the 20th century. Born in Germany in 1879, he revolutionized our understanding of the universe with his theory of special relativity, published in 1905, then his theory of general relativity. His famous equation E=mc2 established the equivalence between mass and energy, laying the foundations of modern nuclear physics. Beyond his scientific work, Einstein was a fervent humanist and defender of world peace. His image, often associated with tousled hair and a facetious wit, has become the global icon of genius. In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.He spent the last years of his life in Princeton, USA, tirelessly searching for a unified field theory to explain all the forces of nature.