The image of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out is probably one of most ubiquitous (and memorable) photos of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist. For decades, it has papered the walls of middle-school science classrooms and college dorm rooms. But now, someone has purchased the real thing for $125,000.Jul 29, 2017
Einstein thought the photographer wouldn't be fast enough stuck his tongue out and quickly turned his head away. Probably the reason why Einstein did the gesture was to try to ruin the photo.
March 14, 1951A Timeless Tongue The image that the Guardian calls "arguably one of the best known press photographs of any 20th century personality" was taken on March 14, 1951 — Einstein's birthday.
the Museum of the History of ScienceEinstein's Blackboard is a blackboard which physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955) used on 16 May 1931 during his lectures while visiting the University of Oxford in England. The blackboard is in the collection of the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford.
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Perhaps most commonly, it can be used as a gesture of contempt, the very height of impropriety or impoliteness, especially when one's tongue is taut and stuck out directly—with blatantly insulting intent.Sep 22, 2015
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Albert Einstein gave a series of lectures at Oxford University in the 1930s. In a BBC series looking at the "wonders" of Oxford's museums, Stephen Johnston from the Museum of the History of Science shows us the blackboard he used.
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