Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm Germany. He lived there with
his parents, Herman and Pauline. Einstein attended a Catholic School near his
home. But, at age 10, Einstein was transferred to the "Luitpold Gymnasium",
where he learned Latin, Greek, History, and Geography. Einstein's father wanted
him to attend a university but he could not because he did not have a diploma
from the Gymnasium. But there was a solution to this problem over the Alps, in
Zurich. There was The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology which did not
require a diploma to attend. The one thing it did require was applicant to pass
an entrance exam. But then yet another problem arose most scholars were 18 when
they entered the institute, and Einstein was only 16.
In Berne, on January 6, 1903; Einstein married Mileva Maric. The
twowitnesses at the small, quiet wedding, were Maurice Solovine and Conard
Habicht. After the wedding, there was a meal to celebrate at a local restaurant.
But no honeymoon. After the meal, the newlyweds returned to their new home. It
was a small flat, about 100 yards away from Bere's famous clock tower. Upon
returning home, a small incident occurred
, that was to occur many times
throughout Einstern's life; he had forgotten his key. A year later, in 1904 they
had a child, Hans Albert. In that same year, he received
a job at the swiss
patent office.
In 1905, three of Einstein's 4 famous papers; "about a 'heuristical'
perspective about the creation and modulation of light, about the movement of in
still liquids mixed objects supported by the molecularkinetical theory of heat
and about the electrodynamics of moving objects". In autumn of 1922 Einstein
received the Nobel Prize for Physics, for his work on the photoelectric effect.
He did not receive the prize for his "theory of relativity" because it was
thought that at the time it did not meet the criteria of something that a Nobel
Prize is awarded for. So when the prize was awarded to him,...
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