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Albert Einstein
1879 - 1955
One of the greatest physicists of all
time, Albert became famous for
the equation E = mc². (What
in the world is E = mc²?)
Albert's theories of
relativity revolutionized the world. (What
in the world is the theory of relativity?) He was born in Germany
and died in the US.
In 1921, Albert was awarded the
Nobel
Prize "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for
his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect." (What
in the world is the photoelectric effect?)
Albert also loved music and played
the violin (What
in the world is a violin?)
Albert with his fiddle
Al became a Swiss citizen in 1900 and married
Mileva
Maric in 1903. He moved to Berlin in 1914 of all years. Any kids? Yes.
One daughter and two sons. Hans Albert and Edward. In 1919 divorce from Mileva
and marriage to
Cousin Elsa Löwenthal.
albert on a Swedish Stamp
1981
When Adolf
Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, Einstein left the country direction USA. The Nazis showed him what they
thought about that and confiscated Albert's sailboat in Berlin. They
could be so cruel.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Albert Einstein
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