Albert Einstein
- Born:
- March 14, 1879, Ulm, Württemberg, Germany
- Died:
- April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Nationality:
- German (until 1896), Stateless (1896–1901), Swiss (1901–1955), German (1914–1918), American (1940–1955)
- Profession(s):
- Theoretical Physicist, Mathematician, Philosopher
Early Life and Education
- Early education primarily in Munich, Germany.
- Expelled from Luitpold Gymnasium.
- Family moved to Italy, Einstein later completed his education in Aarau, Switzerland.
- Graduated with a diploma from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich in 1900.
Career and Major Achievements
- Worked at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern.
- Published the "Annus Mirabilis" papers in 1905, covering Brownian motion, the photoelectric effect, special relativity, and mass-energy equivalence (E=mc²).
- Professor at the University of Zurich, Charles University in Prague, and ETH Zurich.
- Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in Berlin.
- Developed the general theory of relativity (1915), revolutionizing our understanding of gravity.
- Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
- Emigrated to the United States in 1933 and became a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
- Wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 urging research into nuclear weapons.
Notable Works
- "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" (1905)
- "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" (1905)
- "Relativity: The Special and the General Theory" (1916)
- "Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement" (1926)
Legacy and Impact
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