Albert Einstein 50 - Dr. Einstein Awarded Nobel Prize In 1921 Poem by Geeta Radhakrishna Menon

Dr. Einstein had many friends, fans,
But foes as well, who opposed his work.
His rivals disapproved and decried his work,
Trying to pull him down, at the slightest opportunity.
After Albert Einstein's year of Miracles in 1905,
When he innovated five stimulating papers in physics,
According to his sister Maja, who wrote a biography
Of her brother Albert Einstein, mentioned that
" He was very disappointed.
His publication was followed by an icy silence."

However, the ‘icy silence' was broken by the German Physicist-
Dr. Max Planck, who responded to his paper on Relativity.
He wrote to Albert asking for clarification on certain vague points.
Einstein replied clarifying his stand on his Relativity Theory.
Max Planck set to work on this project, wrote and published
His first article based on The Theory of Relativity.
It was a great moment for Albert Einstein!
Einstein remained grateful to Max Planck for acknowledging his work.
However, the true revelation happened when Einstein's former professor at the ETH,
Hermann Minkowski, focused on Einstein's Special Theory,
And brought it to the attention of the mathematics community.

Dr Einstein was nominated for his research in Relativity Theory in 1910.
But the award committee was not ready to award him the Nobel prize.
They wanted to experimentally prove his work and confirm its truth.
Then, from 1910 onwards, Einstein was nominated for the award, six times more, over a period of ten years.
Firstly, nominated for his Relativity Theory,
Then, for his Brownian Motion Theory. Neither came by.
There was always a slip between the cup and the lip.
The award remained slippery and elusive as ever,
Even after his Relativity theory was proved by scientists.

In this world, there are more critics who blame, berate
and belittle your work than who support, applaud or praise!
These are the kind of people who do nothing themselves,
Nor will they allow others to contribute to the world.
Finally, after ten years of long wait and patience,
Dr. Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921.
The award was bestowed not for his most valuable contribution of 'Relativity Theory', but for his 'Photelectric Effect', which he had also published in 1905.
In spite of ‘sharp opposition and severest criticism'
Dr Einstein's work came into limelight, wherein truth triumphed!

A Biographical Poem