BIOGRAPHY OF TODAY

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Albert Einstein was born on the 14^th of March 1879 in ULM, Germany. He is known for Proposing the theory of relativity, a physical theory of gravity, space, and time Explaining the photoelectric effect and Brownian motion Career 1905 Published papers on special relativity, Brownian motion, and the photoelectric effect 1909-1911. He also taught physics at the following schools; university of Zurich from 1911-1912, German-speaking university in Prague 1912-1014. Returned to teach at the University of Zurich 1914. He became a professor at the University of Berlin and director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics 1916. Published a paper on general relativity, extending his earlier theory of special relativity in 1919. A solar eclipse confirmed Einstein's prediction that starlight bends in the vicinity of a massive body such as the sun. In 1921, He Won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the photoelectric effect. In 1933, He Began teaching at Princeton University. In 1939 He Pointed out in a letter to President Roosevelt, the possibility that an extremely powerful bomb might be constructed using atomic chain reactions in uranium, and suggested that the Germans might be working on such a bomb.

Did You Know Einstein could not find a job in physics upon graduating from college, and became a technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office. He worked on theoretical physics in his spare time. Einstein did not receive a Nobel Prize for his theory of relativity. Einstein immediately left Germany for the United States following Hitler's rise to power. Einstein spent much of his later career searching for a unified field theory, but was unsuccessful. Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honor of Albert Einstein. He is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20^th century. He died on April 18, 1955.

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·         "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

·         "A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?"

·         "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."