Einstein lives 10 years longer

Albert Einstein died of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Ruptures may cause pain in the abdomen or back, low blood pressure, or loss of consciousness, and often results in death. (Mortality, if ruptured, is 85% to 90%.) The rupture also caused internal bleeding in his brain, because surgery was not conducted.

The reason he died was that he refused surgery, saying, "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly." I happen to disagree, Einstein, its called modern medicine. Surgery would have removed the abdominal aortic aneurysm, prevented the rupture and internal bleeding.

I am not a theoretical physicist but if he lives 10 years longer what can he realistically accomplish?

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I’m not sure. He was still trying for his theory of everything and he had some problems with quantum mechanics
 
It wouldn't have meant much. Since about 1920 or so Einstein had drifted well out of the mainstream of modern physics and had retired into being a harmless mathematical tinkerer who posed no risk of making any kind of major breakthrough. At most the popular press has a few more years of breathlessly reporting on whatever he said while ignoring the actual (and substantial) theoretical work going on elsewhere.
 
The only piece of information I know about Einstein is that he wasted a good portion of his remaining life researching 'stuff' that was kind of pointless. Now whilst I have heard this, it was ok for him to research this 'stuff' but to consistently researching it without any positive results is something completely different. At least try and research something different.

I know he might have been out of the field of modern physics for quite a while, but like Eugene Wigner said: "Einstein's understanding was deeper even than Jancsi von Neumann's. His mind was both more penetrating and more original than von Neumann's, and that is a very remarkable statement." Such a waste. The big question is, what subject/topic could he apply his brain to.

He's a theoretical physicist but there are other subjects and unsolved problems in physics including:
  • Nuclear and particle physics
  • Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Astrophysics
  • Applied physics
  • Plasma physics
  • Biophysics
  • Classical mechanics
 
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