Albert Einstein

Born:

March 14, 1879, Ulm, Württemberg, Germany

Died:

April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Nationality:

German (1879–1896), Stateless (1896–1901), Swiss (1901–1955), German (1914–1918), American (1940–1955)

Profession(s):

Theoretical Physicist

Early Life and Education

• Attended Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich but left without graduating.
• Family moved to Italy; Einstein joined them later and renounced his German citizenship.
• Graduated from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich in 1900.
• Initially struggled to find an academic position.

Career and Major Achievements

• Worked as a patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland.
• 1905 – Annus Mirabilis papers, including work on Brownian motion, the photoelectric effect, special relativity, and mass-energy equivalence (E=mc²).
• 1915 – General Theory of Relativity.
• 1921 – Nobel Prize in Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
• Professor at various universities, including the University of Berlin and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
• Involved in the Manhattan Project, writing a letter to President Roosevelt warning of the potential for nuclear weapons (though he did not directly participate in the project).

Notable Works

• "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" (1905) – Introduction of Special Relativity
• "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" (1905) – Mass-Energy Equivalence
• "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity" (1916)
• Numerous other scientific papers and popular science books.

Legacy and Impact

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Awards and Recognition

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