PERSON OF THE CENTURY

The "'Person of the Century'" was a title created by TIME Magazine to honor one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century. On December 31, 1999, TIME published an edition of its magazine naming Albert Einstein as "Person of the Century". The editors of TIME believed the 20th Century "''will be remembered foremost for its science and technology''", and Einstein "''serves as a symbol of all the scientists—such as Heisenberg, Bohr, Richard Feynman, and Stephen Hawking...who built upon his work.''"^[1]
The cover of the magazine featured the famous image of Einstein taken in 1947 by American portrait photographer Philippe Halsman. It was during this photo session that Einstein recounted to Halsman his despair that his special theory of relativity and his letter to President Roosevelt had led the United States to create the atomic bomb. It was at this point of immense sadness for Einstein that Halsman took the picture.^[2]
Runners-up for Person of the Century included Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mohandas Gandhi."^[3]

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See also

★ Person of the Year

★ Time 100

References

1. Einstein as Person of the Century (or Not?).
2. Contributors.
3. Person of the Century.

External links

★ TIME Magazine, December 31, 1999.