In addition to the 40th anniversary of the successful landing on December 12, 1979, of the author and his family in the New World, 2019 is also rich in other significant events.  In particular, this year marks the 140th anniversary of the birth of three revolutionaries in 1879.  One of them, the son of a businessman, already turned one hundred and forty on March 14.  He revolutionized science and showed that familiar concepts of the world around us, such as time, mass, and dimensions, are relative.  Some before him suspected this, but he convincingly explained, and now it became clear to everyone, that if you spend an hour with your girlfriend, then it would seem to you to be just a minute.  And if, God forbid, you touch a red-hot stove, then that second will seem to last forever. The son of a businessman and the nephew of an engineer, he (in addition to his flat feet) apparently also suffered from some form of visual disturbance,...(Read Full Article)