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Albert Einstien

  • The birth of Albert

    The birth of Albert

    Albert Einstien was born in Ulm Germany with his family.
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    Begining of Alberts life

  • The spark of creativity

    The spark of creativity

    When he was a small boy his father gave him a compass and he thought to himslef that there must be an unseen force acting on it to mave the needle.
  • Albert is introduced to math and science

    Albert is introduced to math and science

    A long time family friend gave him books on science and math and he took a great interest in it.
  • Albert gradutes high school

    Albert gradutes high school

    Albert graduates from high school at the age of 17 and enrols at the ETH (the Federal Polytechnic) in Zurich. He renounces his German citizenship
  • Physics degree

    Physics degree

    Einstein graduates in 1900 from ETH with a degree in physics
  • His first scientific paper

    His first scientific paper

    He completes his first scientific paper on the capillary forces of a straw.
  • Albert gets his first job

    Albert gets his first job

    Albert takes a job at the Swiss Patent Office
  • First major publication

    First major publication

    His Special Theory of Relativity is born and he applies his theory to mass and energy and formulates the famous equation e=mc2. Einstein has four papers published in the Annalen der Physik, the leading German physics journal. 1905 is known as Einstein's "Wonderful Year".
  • More relative theory

    More relative theory

    Einstein begins applying the laws of gravity to his Special Theory of Relativity.
  • New job

    New job

    He resigns from Patent Office and is appointed Associate Professor of theoretical physics at Zurich University
  • Promotion

    Promotion

    Einstein predicts bending of light. He is appointed Professor of theoretical physics at the German University of Prague
  • He completes his theory of relativiy

    He completes his theory of relativiy

    Einstein completes the General Theory of Relativity.
    He joins the "New Fatherland League" a pacifist organisation
  • Theory is published

    Theory is published

    His General Theory of Relativity is published
  • A visit to the USA

    A visit to the USA

    Einstein visits to the U.S. and lectures at Princeton University on theory of relativity
  • Nobel prize

    Nobel prize

    Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for 1921
  • A new friendship

    A new friendship

    He begins to develop the foundation of quantum mechanics with Niels Bohr
  • ww2

    ww2

    Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
    Albert Einstein leaves Germany and emigrates to U.S. in September and settles in Princeton, New Jersey where he assumes a post at the Institute for Advanced Study.
  • The warning

    The warning

    Albert Einstein warns President Roosevelt that Germany might build an atomic bomb. He then recommends nuclear research
  • Research

    Research

    Works with the Research and Development Division of the U.S. Navy on Ammunition and Explosives
  • The big boom

    The big boom

    WW2 ends with the terrible nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • The big job

    The big job

    Einstein is appointed chairman of the Emergency Committee for Atomic Scientists
  • His death

    His death

    He died in Princeton Hospital at the age of 76.