Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany in 1879 to non-observant Jewish parents who owned an electrical parts business. He found his early schooling restrictive and did his real studies at home by reading science and math textbooks. Einstein graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1900 and obtained his PhD from the University of Zurich. He is renowned for his scientific contributions including his photoelectric effect theory, explaining Brownian motion, his special theory of relativity, and E=mc2, which showed that energy and mass are equivalent and convertible. When his theory of general relativity was confirmed by eclipses in 1919, Einstein became a worldwide symbol of genius and received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany in 1879 to non-observant Jewish parents who owned an electrical parts business. He found his early schooling restrictive and did his real studies at home by reading science and math textbooks. Einstein graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1900 and obtained his PhD from the University of Zurich. He is renowned for his scientific contributions including his photoelectric effect theory, explaining Brownian motion, his special theory of relativity, and E=mc2, which showed that energy and mass are equivalent and convertible. When his theory of general relativity was confirmed by eclipses in 1919, Einstein became a worldwide symbol of genius and received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany in 1879 to non-observant Jewish parents who owned an electrical parts business. He found his early schooling restrictive and did his real studies at home by reading science and math textbooks. Einstein graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1900 and obtained his PhD from the University of Zurich. He is renowned for his scientific contributions including his photoelectric effect theory, explaining Brownian motion, his special theory of relativity, and E=mc2, which showed that energy and mass are equivalent and convertible. When his theory of general relativity was confirmed by eclipses in 1919, Einstein became a worldwide symbol of genius and received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
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. Early Schooling 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. Einsteins class in Munich in 1889. Einstein is in the front row, second from the right. 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. SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALBERT EINSTIEN PHOTO ELECTRIC EFFECT Max plank quantum theory (1900)
E = Eo+mv BROWNIAN MOTION Brownian motion resulted from the bombardment of the particles by randomly moving molecules of the fluid in which they were suspended SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY The length of an object depends on its relative motion with respect to an observer Time depends on state of motion Mass depends on state of motion Energy can be converted into matter and vice versa E=MC There is no well defined boundary between space and time Fame 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 "The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. 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.