2. Albert was born on March 14,
1879 in Ulm, Germany.
Parents Hermann and
Pauline were non observant
Jews whose family business
consisted of the
manufacturing of electrical
parts.
The house where
Einstein was born.
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3. Albert received good grades but found
his schooling restricting as it
depended on memorization and
obedience. His real studies were done
at home while reading science and
math textbooks.
He left his school in Munich at age 15,
to join his parents who had moved to
Italy.
Einstein’s class
in Munich in
1889. Einstein
is in the front
row, second
from the right.
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4. Albert graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology in 1900 as a secondary math and
physics teacher.
He obtained his Ph.D. from University of Zurich.
He later became professor at the Kaiser-Wilhelm
Gesellschaft in Berlin.
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5. The 1905 papers:
Three seminal papers researched
and written by Einstein.
The first concerning
electromagnetic energy
The second proposing the special
theory of relativity
The third concerning statistical
mechanics
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6. E=mc²
This equation expresses
the deep connection
between energy and
mass.
E represents energy, m
represents mass, and c²
is a very large number,
the square of the speed
of light.
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7. • When British eclipse expeditions in 1919
confirmed his predictions about the
general theory of relativity, Einstein was
bombarded by the popular press.
• Einstein became the world's symbol of
pure genius, and of the new physics.
• Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for
physics in 1921.
"I have become
rather like
King Midas,
except that
everything
turns not into
gold but into a
circus."
- Einstein
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8. With the rise of fascism in Germany, Einstein
moved, in 1933 to the United States, abandoning
his pacifistic views he held during WWI.
Einstein wrote a letter to FDR in 1939 that urged
the U.S. to develop an atomic bomb before
Germany did. This letter contributed to
Roosevelt’s decision to fund the Manhattan
Project.
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9. o In May 1946, Einstein
became chairman of the
new Emergency
Committee of Atomic
Scientists, which strove for
international control of
nuclear energy.
o In 1952 Einstein was
offered the position of
President of Israel, but
turned down the
opportunity. His interest in
public affairs, however,
continued.
o Einstein continued until
his death in 1955 as an avid
political activist.
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10. Einstein died in the spring of 1955 from
heart failure, six years after his wife.
However, his accomplishments in the field
of physics are still remembered and
taught today.
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