Hi Jamie and Lynn,

That is not the real Albert Einstein in my bio photo. The real Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 and died on April 18, 1955. He would have been well over 110 years old when that photograph was taken, if he had still been alive. You can learn more about the real Albert Einstein here:

http://nobelprize.org/nob...21/einstein-bio.html

I've never met the real Albert Einstein, since he died before I was born. However, I did have a physics professor in college whose father was a famous mathematician and knew Albert Einstein.

The Albert Einstein in my bio photo is an actor. Several years ago, I was a volunteer exhibit interpreter at the Science Museum of Minnesota. One of the exhibits that I worked in was called Special Effects II. This exhibit was all about the science behind the special effects we see in movies and on television. Part of the exhibit featured make-up from one of the Star Trek television series, so the museum planned an event for the opening of the exhibit with a live make-up demonstration. A local theatrical make-up company that had been involved with the Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) television show transformed actor Trace Beaulieu (who played the evil Dr. Forrester on MST3K) into Albert Einstein for the exhibit. It took several hours to apply the foam latex appliances and make-up needed to transform Trace Beaulieu into Albert Einstein.

Kris