The world has changed far more in the past 100 years than in any other century in history. The reason is not political or economic but technological-technologies that flowed directly from advances in basic science. Clearly, no scientist better represents those advances than Albert Einstein: TIME's Person of the Century.
Stephen HawkingAlthough September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.
Stephen Hawking