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Birth
Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879 , in Germany. -
Childhood
Right from the early childhood, Einstein showed signs of having an in-depth talent and skill for mathematics. During this time, he used to build models and mechanical devices, but those were for mere entertainment .Growing up he enjoyed classical music and played the violin. One story Einstein liked to tell us about his childhood was when he came across a magnetic compass.The needle's invariable northward swing, guided by an invisible force, profoundly impressed him as a child. -
Studies (a)
Albert’s first taste of education was at the Catholic Elementary School, when he was five. After acquiring three years of education, he was transferred to the Luitpold Gymnasium. Post completing advanced primary and secondary school education, he left Germany.In 1894, with the introduction of alternating current to the world, Einstein’s father went out of business. As such, in search of trade, the family moved to Milan initially and a few months later to Pavia. -
Studies (c)
Joining his family in Pavia in 1894, he started working on what was his first paper titled, ‘On the Investigation of the State of the Ether in a Magnetic Field’. The following year, Einstein appeared for the examinations for the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich. Though he did not clear the test, his grades in physics and mathematics were exceptional. -
Studies (d)
Adhering to the advice of the Principal of Polytechnic, Einstein enrolled himself in the Aargau Cantonal School in Aarau, Switzerland, for the academic year 1895-96, to complete his secondary schooling. Fearing the call for military service, Einstein renounced his citizenship in the German Kingdom of Wurttemberg in 1896. His decision was duly supported by his father. -
Quotes
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
― Albert Einstein “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
― Albert Einstein “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
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Studies (e)
In the month of September, he passed the exam with overall good grades, once again gaining top grades in papers of mathematics and physics.
Einstein was only seventeen years of age when he enrolled in the four-year mathematics and physics teaching diploma program at the ETH Zurich. He was awarded the Zurich Polytechnic teaching diploma degree in 1900.
The following year, i.e. in 1901, Einstein gained Swiss citizenship. -
Personal Life
Einstein married Mileva Maric on Jan. 6, 1903. While attending school in Zurich, he met Maric, a Serbian physics student. He continued to grow closer to Maric, but his parents were strongly against the relationship due to her ethnic background.Nonetheless, Einstein continued to see her, with the two developing a correspondence via letters .In 1902, the couple married.That same year the couple had a daughter, Lieserl. The couple had also two sons, Hans Albert Einstein and Eduard "Tete" Einstein. -
Accomplishments
In 1921, Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to theoretical physics and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”. In 1925, he was awarded the Copley Medal by the Royal Society, which is perhaps the oldest surviving scientific award in the world. Einstein received numerous other awards and honors. In 1999, Time magazine named Albert Einstein as the Person of the Century. -
Death
Albert Einstein died on 18 April 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. at the age of 76. -
Studies (b)
Einstein, however, stayed back at Munich to complete his studies at Luitpold Gymnasium. Though he did try to adhere to the wishes of his father who wanted Einstein to pursue electrical engineering, it wasn’t long before Einstein withdrew his name from the school roll list as his views clashed with the study regimen of the education center. While Einstein craved for creative learning, the institution focussed on rote learning.
