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Albert Einstein

Written at Monday, April 13, 2009 | back to top

Albert Einstein was born into a Jewish family in Ulm on March 14 1879. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass-energy equivalence, expressed by the equation E = mc2...

Einstein received the Nobel Prize in 1921 for Physics, for his services to Theoretical Physics, especially for his discovery of the law of photoelectric effect... He had published more than 300 scientific works and more than 150 non-scientific works.

In 1999, he was known as the " Person of the Century "...

His name was named by the Time magazine...

His mother, Pauline Einstein forced him to take up violin lessons and so he took up violin lessons at the age of six.... Although he disliked them and eventually quit, he later took great pleasure in Mozart's violin sonatas. He had as talent for mathematics after building models and mechanical devices....

His father, Hermann Einstein wanted him to pursue electrical engineering but Einstein was clashed with authorities and resnted the school regimen. Lacking a school certificate, he was required to take an entrance examination which he did not pass, although he got exceptional marks in mathematics and physics.....

His family later sent Albert to Aarau, Switzerland to finish secondary school. He stayed with the famiy of Professor Jost Winteler. While staying in their house, he fell in love with the family's daughter, Marie....

At the age of 17, he graduated and with his father's approval, he renounced his citizenship in the German Kingdom of Wurttemberg to avoid military service to enroll in 1896 in the mathematics and physics program at the Polytechnic in Zurich. While Marie Winteler moved to Olsberg, Switzerland for a teaching post....

In the same year, Einstein's future wife, Mileva Marie also entered the Polytechnic to study mathematics and physics, being the only woman in the group....

After next few years, Einstein and Marie's friendship developed into romance. He graduated in 1900 from the Polytechnic with a diploma in mathematics and physics, whereas Marie failed her final exams. The same year Einstein's friend, Michele Besso introduced him to the work of Ernst Mach. One year later, Einstein published a paper in the prestigious Annalen der Physik on the capillary forces of a straw in 1901. He gained Swiss citizenship on 21 February 1901.

♥Thoughtz....

Pamela :
I think that Einstein's parents should not forced him to do something he does not wants to do. In order not to upset his parents, he tried to follow their instructions. Although he did not pass the entrance examination but he tried harder the next time and at the end graduated. He was so so so good in mathematics and physics, he even got a diploma. I really envy him and hope i can be like him good in mathematics and physics and also the other subjects like science.

Crystal :
Although Albert's mother force him to take up violin but his dreams of becoming a scientist has never be demolished. He worked hard and never give up of becoming a scientist.

Tzu Hsuen :
Albert was a person that does not give up easily but instead he tried his very best to pass his exams. He also invented many scientific works that helped people in the future generation, for them to work things out easily.

Albert Einstein

Written at Monday, April 13, 2009 | back to top