Albert Einstein Biography

By: Jenny Kinston

Albert Einstein. N.d. N.p.

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm Germany the year 1879, but his family moves about six
weeks later to Munich. As a young child, he was fascinated with how things work. It is said that
at the age of five he was trying to find out how his father's pocket compass worked. Einstein
struggled in school and his parents wondered if he had a mental condition because he was slow
to walk and talk. His parents moved to Italy because of financial struggles, but Einstein stayed
behind to go to school. At the age of 15, Einstein was kicked out of school and followed his
parent to Italy. He tried to avoid going to his last year of high school by taking an entrance exam
to a polytechnic school. He failed every part of the test except the math. He ended up having to
go back to high school for one more year. At the age of 17, he made it into college, but even his
instructor had very little faith that he would ever graduate. He also renounced his citizenship to
avoid getting drafted into the war.
In 1900 at the age of 21 Einstein graduates and tries to find a teaching job but was
unsuccessful, so he settled for a job as a clerk at a patent office. While going to school he fell in
love with one of his classmates, Milena Maric. The two of them had a daughter before marriage,
but she was put up for adoption as a baby. It is said that Einstein never even saw his first child.
Eventually, the two of them did get married and had two sons Hans and Eduard who are six years
apart. Although Eduard did have a mental condition.
The year of 1905 is known as Einsteins wonderful year. In this year, he published not
one but four papers. The first was released in March of 1905 and it is called "On a Heuristic
Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light." This paper was about
the photoelectric effect and led to the development of a new branch of physics known as
quantum mechanics. The second completed April 30, 1905, was named The Determination of
Molecular Dimensions." The third released in May is titled, "On the Movement of Small

Particles Suspended in Stationary Liquids Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat."

The fourth was completed in June 1905 titled "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies."
Einstein also released the famous equation e=mc^2 that year.
Over the next few years, Einstein applies his theory to gravity. Predicts the bending of
light. He also was promoted many times to various high up positions in the physics community.
In 1914 World War I started, and Einstein separated from his wife Milena Marci. In 1915, he
completes his general theory of relativity, and it is published in 1916. He continues studying and
writes a paper in cosmology. Soon after that he fell very ill and his cousin Elsa nursed him back
to health. The two later got married.
On May 29, 1919, a solar eclipse happened and proves Einsteins theory of relativity.
Which gained him world fame. The following year he goes to America to give a lecture about his
theory of relativity. Everyone there is amazed. In 1921, he is awarded the Nobel Prize for the
discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. Although he gave all the money he received to
his ex-wife to support his previous family.
Once Adolf Hitler came in power Einstein moved to America and continues his work in
physics. He published two books by the names of The World as I See It and The EinsteinPodolsky-Rosen paradox. Just one year later in 1936, his wife Elsa dies.
When the World War II broke out Einstein urged President Roosevelt to build an atomic
bomb out of fear that the Germans would build it first. In 1940, Einstein gains his citizenship in
America and work with U.S. navy on Ammunition and explosives. Once the war was over he
was offered the position of being the president of Israel. Einstein felt like he was not familiar
enough with the position, so he politely declined. In 1955, he Co-signs the Russell-Einstein

Manifesto warning of the nuclear threat. Later that year on April 8th he died in the hospital from
internal bleeding at the age of 76.
After his death, a man by the name of Tomas Harvey performed the autopsy. While
doing the autopsy he wondered if he could find out the secret to Einsteins brain. Without
permission or much of a plan Thomas Harvey removed Einsteins brain and quickly preserved it.
Once everyone realized that the brain was missing Harvey did confess and got the blessing from
his Einsteins son for the right to his brain. Although Harvey lost his job, he was happy to have
the brain of the most intelligent man in the world at the time. He took it home took over one
hundred pictures of it from various angles then cut it up in 240 pieces and studied it in his
basement while preserving it into jars. This upset his wife so he left with the brain in the trunk of
his car taking it with him where ever he went. Harvey moved around a lot trying to make a living
while he studied the brain in his spare time. It wasn't until three decades later that researchers
found a difference. Einsteins parietal lobes were 15 percent wider and more symmetrical than
the average brain. Scientist concluded that this was the reason for Einsteins mathematical
abilities.
Throughout the years of Einsteins life, he changed the way the world was seen. He
discovered and theorized how our world works. Over 300 papers published, along with several
books. Einstein paved the way for new inventions and a new world. Even after death he was
contributing to science. He was given the person of the century award on December 31, 1999.
Without Einsteins work, we would not be where we are today. He opened the doors for
computers, lasers, and so much more. To this day, to be called an Einstein is a huge complaint.
It was very fitting for him to receive the person of the century award.

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