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Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany, to his parents Hermann and Pauline.
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Starting at age 5, young Albert was facinated with even the simple compass and the thought that something unseen was moving the needle.
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At 17, Albert graduates high school and enrolls at the ETH (the Federal Polytechnic) in Zurich.
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Einstein graduates in 1900 from ETH with a degree in physics.
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During this time also, he finished his 1st scientific on the capillary force of straw.
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His Special Theory of Relativity is created and he applies his theory to mass and energy, also.
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Albert Einstein becomes an associate professorship at the University of Bern.
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Albert and Mileva's second son, Eduard, was born in Munich.
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Einstein predicts the bending of light (refraction).
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Einstein completes the General Theory of Relativity.
He joins the "New Fatherland League" a pacifist organisation. -
Einstein and Mileva divorce and Einstein marries his cousin Elsa on May 29.
Also, a solar eclipse proves Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. -
Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for 1921.
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He begins to develop the foundation of quantum mechanics with Niels Bohr.
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Starting in 1930-1933, Einstein makes several visits to the USA delivering lectures at universities.
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Albert leaves Germany and emigrates to U.S. in September and settles in Princeton, New Jersey. Later he takes a post at the Institute for Advanced Study.
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An essay by Einstein, The World As I See It, is published.
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Albert warns the president during World War 2 that Germany might build an atomic bomb. Albert then reccommends nuclear research.
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Albert Einstein recieves his United Stantes citienship.
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Albert Einstein works with the Research and Development Division of the U.S. Navy on Ammunition and Explosives.
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Albert is appointed chairman of the Emergency Committee for Atomic Scientists
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Albert Einstein is offered presidency of the State of Israel.
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Albert Einstein dies at Princeton at the age of 76
