Birthday: March 14, 1879
Born Country: Germany
Nationality: German, American
Known As: Father Of Modern Physics
Height: 1.75 M
Relationships : Elsa Lowenthal (1919–1936) and Mileva Maric (1903–1919)
Siblings: Maja Einstein
Place Of Death: New Jersey, United States
Died At Age: 76
Einstein Accomplishments
- In 1902 he received a job as a technical expert in a patent office.
- In 1903 he married Mileva Maric. They had two sons and eventually divorced.
- In 1905, Albert Einstein, wrote a paper on Special Theory of Relativity, on his paper he explained that the speed of light was constant but that both space and time were relative to the position of the observer.
- Also in 1905 Albert Einstein received his doctorate from the University of Zurich for a theoretical dissertation on the dimensions of molecules.
- In 1911, he became a full-time professor at the Karl-Ferdinand University in Prague.
- In 1915, Einstein published the general theory of relativity, which he considered his masterwork.
- In 1916, Einstein was appointed as the president of the German Physical Society.
- In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- In 1936, he was awarded the Franklin Institute's Franklin Medal for his extensive work on relativity and the photoelectric effect.
- In 1940 he became a United States citizen.
6 Facts You Didn't Know About Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein considered himself an agnostic ( Agnostic is a person who believes that the existence of a greater power, such as a god, cannot be proven or disproved;) not an atheist as some people believe.
- He had speech problems and he was a slow learner as a child.
- He used to be a ladies man.
- He was a talented violin player.
- He was once offered the presidency of Israel which he declined.
- He loved sailing and was given a boat as a gift on his 50th birthday.
