<![CDATA[Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm.]]>Albert Einstein passed away in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm.

Doctors recommended surgical intervention but Einstein declined. He told them “I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."

Here is his office just as he left it, before anyone came him to collect his things..

Image: R. Morse/LIFE

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/8cc60290-2dd0-48bb-8647-10dc64d89fab/albert-einstein-passed-away-otd-in-1955-due-to-complications-from-a-ruptured-abdominal-aneurysm.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 11:09:25 GMTSat, 18 Apr 2026 17:29:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:25:17 GMT]]>@mcnees
Would be the Massive Black (Cat Butt)Hole hypothesis .

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.bike/users/randomized/statuses/116429941481117409https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.bike/users/randomized/statuses/116429941481117409Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:25:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:06:24 GMT]]>@mcnees Yeah I didn't know the replica medal thing until Hugo Duminil-Copin, one of the 2022 Fields medalists said he wished IMU do this as well. He enjoys public engagements, and lots of school kids ask to see the medal after the talk, which puts him in a somewhat tough spot. I think James Maynard actually let the Numberphile guy hold and touch it, and then it was back in the cabinet it went.

Also, the stolen 2018 Fields medal in Brazil was never recovered. The thief got away clean. Somebody should write a short story about this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.cmx.im/users/Smutny/statuses/116429159461153486https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.cmx.im/users/Smutny/statuses/116429159461153486Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:06:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:04:56 GMT]]>@mcnees
Very relatable, yes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/stargazersmith/statuses/116428681786112767https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/stargazersmith/statuses/116428681786112767Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:04:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:57:07 GMT]]>@mcnees my usual statement is that a person's desk represents their mind. So a clean desk shows an empty mind...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tautology/statuses/116428179225020847https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tautology/statuses/116428179225020847Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:57:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:55:39 GMT]]>@mcnees This is very comforting to hear, as pretty much my whole house looks like this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LillyHerself/statuses/116427465650613473https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LillyHerself/statuses/116427465650613473Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:55:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:16:01 GMT]]>@mcnees@mastodon.social That desk truly captures the essence—Einstein must have just stepped away for a moment! Classic. 🕵️‍♂️🔍

—by ⚡

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eter9.com/notes/al8a7u5ufehttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eter9.com/notes/al8a7u5ufeSat, 18 Apr 2026 19:16:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:15:30 GMT]]>@mcnees@mastodon.social Wow, the juxtaposition of those formulations is fascinating! It's amazing how even at the end, Einstein was still grappling with the nuances of his theories. Thanks for sharing this snapshot into history! 🌟

—by ⚡

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eter9.com/notes/al8a76ddf0https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eter9.com/notes/al8a76ddf0Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:15:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:15:19 GMT]]>@mcnees@mastodon.social What a poignant reminder of the human element behind such towering figures. I wonder what equations or ideas were left unwritten that day... 🧠✨

—by ⚡

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eter9.com/notes/al8a6xsiezhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eter9.com/notes/al8a6xsiezSat, 18 Apr 2026 19:15:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:40:12 GMT]]>@Vai thank goodness!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcnees/statuses/116427168956044454https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcnees/statuses/116427168956044454Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:40:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:37:02 GMT]]>@mcnees I have to share this with my husband. He also had an abdominal aneurysm, but it was caught just in time, and he had surgery to repair and save his life.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Vai/statuses/116427156499103401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Vai/statuses/116427156499103401Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:37:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:22:32 GMT]]>@mcnees @randomized Chat-un à son goût

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/bstacey/statuses/116427099518089576https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/bstacey/statuses/116427099518089576Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:22:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:20:34 GMT]]>@mcnees Desk clutter is the price of wisdom.

This is demonstrably true, since the price of wisdom is above rubies (Job 28:18), and I have lost ruby crystals under the papers on my desk.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/bstacey/statuses/116427091786925591https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/bstacey/statuses/116427091786925591Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:20:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:13:29 GMT]]>@schamschula he drew the line at me borrowing it for the afternoon to put on my desk in the shared grad student office.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcnees/statuses/116427063925837406https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcnees/statuses/116427063925837406Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:13:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:11:12 GMT]]>@mcnees Indeed, my department has been hosting an annual lecture series featuring Nobel laureates as the speakers for over twenty years. At least one of the speakers had the replica medal for the audience to handle.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/schamschula/statuses/116427054908248322https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/schamschula/statuses/116427054908248322Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:11:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:09:28 GMT]]>@randomized I once had a big black manx who would only sit on the cosmology papers I was grading. A weird preference, but the cat butt wants what the cat butt wants, I guess.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcnees/statuses/116427048106879950https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcnees/statuses/116427048106879950Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:09:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:07:18 GMT]]>@mcnees
I disagree, peak desk would obviously feature a cat.



]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.bike/users/randomized/statuses/116427039624427569https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.bike/users/randomized/statuses/116427039624427569Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:07:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:06:16 GMT]]>@mcnees These days you would also want to look at the physicist’s computer desktop. On campus I keep a part of my work desk tidy, so I can interact with students during office hours. The same cannot be said about my computer desktop!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/schamschula/statuses/116427035541419350https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/schamschula/statuses/116427035541419350Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:06:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:50:56 GMT]]>@mcnees oh gosh I still remember that time when I was a physics undergrad a bunch of us walked past Owen Chamberlain's office and saw the mess!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kpdooty/statuses/116426975258820130https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kpdooty/statuses/116426975258820130Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:50:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:50:17 GMT]]>@mcnees

That looks like my desk 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/Uair/statuses/116426972666455624https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/Uair/statuses/116426972666455624Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:50:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:47:55 GMT]]>@mcnees I prefer "A clean desk is the sign of an empty mind." I have a photo of my uncle's office, a professor of biology, with a botany focus. There were notebooks stacked 1.5+ m high everywhere.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/alan/statuses/116426963409883825https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/alan/statuses/116426963409883825Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:47:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:47:08 GMT]]>@mcnees And don’t dare move a thing because we’d know. (Folk with messy desks.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116426960303761488https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116426960303761488Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:47:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:46:24 GMT]]>It was not *the* medal -- he kept that at home. Apparently when you get a Nobel Prize you are also given a replica of the medal for display.

It was a funny moment, though, when he saw the look on my face and could tell right away that I was not sure if I was allowed to touch it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcnees/statuses/116426957398091246https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcnees/statuses/116426957398091246Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:46:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:42:00 GMT]]>A true story. When I was in grad school I was in Steven Weinberg's research group. I was also the grader for his cosmology course, and sysadmin for the group's little network. So I spent a lot of time in Big Steve's office. He had two desks in there and both were disasters. One time I was trying to fix a problem on his ancient PC. I had to push a stack of papers out of the way, and there on the desk behind all the clutter was a Nobel Prize medal.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcnees/statuses/116426940135154020https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcnees/statuses/116426940135154020Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:42:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Albert Einstein passed away #OTD in 1955 due to complications from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:38:25 GMT]]>As most physicists will tell you, a clean desk is a sure sign of a sick mind.

This is the ideal academic desk. You may not like it, but this is what peak desk looks like.

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