Do you fondly call the whiz kid in your class/ organization ‘Einstein’? If yes, then you aren’t the only one who does so. People around the world honor their friends and acquaintances with the title of ‘Einstein’ for the person’s immaculate brilliance and genius mind. While there may be a lot of genius minds set at work to this date, only once in a century is someone like Albert Einstein born. The 19th century not just witnessed the birth of Albert Einstein, but with it, the birth of modern Physics. Rightly known as the Father of Modern Physics, Albert Einstein was, without a doubt, the most influential physicist of the 20th century. With his research and finding, Einstein created a revolution in the field of science. Amongst his numerous works: (a) the general theory of relativity, which provided a unified description of gravity as a geometric property of space and time, and (b) the photoelectric effect that established the quantum theory within physics are the most important ones. During his lifetime, Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers, apart from 150 non-scientific works. He was the proud recipient of numerous awards, such as the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Copley Medal, the Matteucci Medal, and the Max Planck medal. Other than these, he has also been credited by Times magazine as the Person of the Century. Such was his contribution to mankind that his name Einstein has been made synonymous with being "genius".