Why is Relativism not awarded the Nobel Prize?

In 1922, Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics but not for Relativity - the greatest work in his scientific life. This event has become one of the most controversial secrets in the history of the Nobel Prize.

After years of reference to archives, Robert Marc Friedman's scientific history research has found an unexpected fact: Einstein's failure to receive a Nobel Prize for Relativity does not stem from a scientific point of view, but is the deliberate act of some prejudice to Einstein to lower his personal credibility.

General relativity is Einstein's greatest achievement. However, it was born when he himself was not supported by the German scientific community, which was during and after World War II.

Einstein was a pacifist, daring to deny his status as a German citizen, to join radical groups and openly support socialism. Stemming from this prejudice, some of Germany's leading scientists then called his work a baseless trick.

British astronomer - Arthur Stanley Eddington (Photo: sonoma.edu)

Fortunately, there are still people who believe that Einstein's theory could be verified, the English astronomer - Arthur Stanley Eddington . Taking advantage of the precious 6 minutes of the total solar eclipse on May 29, 1919, Eddington proved that relativity is absolutely correct.

On November 6 of the same year, after Eddington published his observations, just one night, Einstein became a name mentioned all over the world. Some members of the Nobel Steering Committee thought of putting Einstein on the list of candidates for the 1920 award ceremony.

But in the end, according to the general committee meeting, Einstein was an extreme political and scientific thinker who did not conduct experiments himself, so he did not deserve to be honored. The 1920 award was given to a Swiss scientist who was never mentioned with a study that was so faint that the world was surprised.

In 1922, Einstein's reputation was so great that the Nobel Steering Committee began to worry that its prestige could be compromised if it continued to ignore such an outstanding talent. But on the other hand, they did not want to admit what they had rejected the previous years.

The final solution was that Einstein was still awarded the Nobel Prize in physics but not for relativity but for another less important one, which was born in 1905: the photoelectric effect. According to the official statement, Einstein received the Nobel Prize of 1921, while the Nobel Prize recipient in 1922 was Niels Bohr with a new quantum theory.