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Birth
He was born in Ulm (Germany) -
Change of house
The family moved to Munich, where it would grow for fourteen years. -
Some difficulty expressing
He did not start talking until he was three years old. -
Studies
Since 1888 he attended the secondary school Luitpold, he got good grades in general, not so much in the language subjects, but excellent in the natural sciences. -
Change of nationality
Acquire Swiss nationality. -
New job
Enter as an official at the Federal Patent Office in Bern. -
Just married
He marries Mileva Maric, with whom he will have two children. -
First publication of his articles
He publishes his first articles in which he addresses the fields of Brownian movement, the photoelectric effect and special relativity. -
Teacher
He obtains his first position of professor at the University of Zurich. -
Director
He is appointed director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics in Berlin. -
Theory of Relativity.
Publishes the General Theory of Relativity. -
Divorced
Divorced from Mileva, he married Elsa, a cousin of his. -
Leo Szilard
Meet Leo Szilard, with whom to develop inventions such as a refrigerator and an electromagnetic pump without moving parts. -
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in physics. -
He leaves Germany
He leaves Germany and lives in exile in France, Belgium, the United Kingdom and the United States, a country where he is received with enthusiasm. He had been a professor of theoretical physics at the Institute of Higher Studies in Princeton. -
Letter to Roosevelt
Letter to Roosevelt asking him to undertake a research program on the atomic bomb. -
American
Adopt the American nationality. -
He retires from teaching
He retires from teaching to be able to develop his theoretical investigations exclusively. -
He died
He died in Princeton (USA).
