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Albert Einstein was Born March 14, 1879, in Ulm Württemberg, Germany
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When Albert was five he was given a compass by his father. He was fascinated by it and how it worked.
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Albert finished his schooling in Munich with medical training. He moved to Milan with his family.
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Albert moved to Switzerland at 16 years old to attend Aarau Cantonal School.
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Albert graduates at the top of his class. He was a year younger than the other students.
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Einstein submitted his first paper on his theory of thermodynamics. It was the first of many.
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After working at the patent office and writing his theories, Einstein got a job teaching theoretical physics at the University of Zurich.
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He believed science's understanding of gravity was wrong, and he worked on a new theory which he would later test with a solar eclipse.
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After publishing his Theory of Relativity and correctly predicting the effects of a solar eclipse, Einstein's name went around the world.
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Einstein was awarded his first Nobel Prize. He was on his way to Japan when he got the news.
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He visited America for the first time because he feared the rising Nazi party in Germany.
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World War II ended and Einstein continued his research. He made advances in heat, gravity, and relativity, and he published over 300 scientific reports.
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died April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. due to heart failure
At his request his brain and vital organs were removed for scientific study after he died