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Summary Sentence: The Georgia Institute of Technology will dedicate the Albert Einstein Monument on the northwest corner of Tech Green on Friday, October 23 at 3:30 p.m. amid Homecoming & Reunion Weekend festivities.
Full Summary: The Georgia Institute of Technology will dedicate the Albert Einstein Monument on the northwest corner of Tech Green on Friday, October 23 at 3:30 p.m. amid Homecoming & Reunion Weekend festivities.
EinsteinThe Georgia Institute of Technology will dedicate the Albert Einstein Monument on the northwest corner of Tech Green on Friday, October 23. The official dedication ceremony will take place 3:30 p.m. amid Homecoming & Reunion Weekend festivities.
The 12-foot Einstein likeness was created by American sculptor Robert Berks (1922-2011), who captured the inspiring legacy of the extraordinary scientist and human rights advocate in sculptures created during the 1970s.
The 3,500 pound statue to be installed at Georgia Tech is the third of its kind. The first, measuring 22-feet, was dedicated on April 22, 1979, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., steps away from the National Mall and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The second iconic Berks statue of Einstein measures 12-feet in height and resides at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem.
The Georgia Tech monument features a circular dais 19 feet, 7 inches in diameter. The larger than life Einstein is seated upon a rounded, stair-stepped bench, and appears to be gazing upon a familiar constellation of stars while holding in his left hand an assortment of papers featuring three written equations he introduced: The general theory of relativity, the photoelectric effect and the equivalence of energy and matter (E = mc2). The constellation illustrates the night sky over Atlanta on December 10, 1948, the date of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Georgia Tech’s sculpture and dais will feature two engraved quotations:
The dedication on October 23 will be followed by a 4:30 p.m. discussion titled “Albert Einstein and the Creation of the Modern World: A Gentle Introduction.” Panelists from Georgia Tech include Paul Goldbart, Dean, College of Sciences, Pablo Laguna, Chair, School of Physics, and Deirdre Shoemaker, Professor of Physics and Director, Center for Relativistic Astrophysics. The discussion will be held in the AT&T Auditorium in the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons and is open to the public.
