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Albert Einstein

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E = Mc Squared!! People do not necessarily have to be a genius to figure out this equation. As a matter of fact, even if school is a bore; one can still get places and figure things out. A perfect example is, Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein is a leader who has influenced many scientists as well as teacher, students, and average people in the world. It is important to know how Einstein became known to the world. It is also important to explore his childhood, influences, his belief system, the obstacles he had to go through, as well as his accomplishments. In Order to prove the impact he had on the world.

Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany. When he was a year old his family moved to Munich, Germany. (Swisher, 9) Einstein had an older brother and a younger sister that went by the name Maja. (10) Albert’s father had an electrical business, which was not successful. (Parker 6) Einstein was an imaginative and creative child. He was curious about why things happened. Even when Albert was nine years old, and in the highest grade of elementary school; he still lacked fluency of speech. (Swisher, 11) Albert grew mistrust to every kind of authority; he was suspicious to all society. (17)

At age six, Albert began school. He was the only Jewish boy in a catholic school. Albert did well the first two years, and then he got bored and said it was too easy for him. (Swisher, 12-14) Einstein was most interested in geometry because of the problems had definite answers. His second pleasure was philosophy and science. (15) Albert Einstein was a high school dropout. He could not enter a university without a diploma. Einstein
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found a school where all he had to do was take an exam to get in. Albert failed, after a period of time he re-took the test and passed. (Parker, 6) Einstein ended up going to Federal Institute of Technology, in Zurich, Germany, (7) Einstein received honorary doctorate degrees in...