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Albert was born to Hermann and Pauline Einstien in Ulm, Germany.
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Albert did not speak until he was 3 or 4. Then one evening over supper he said "The soup is too hot." When asked why he hadn't spoke before he replied "Up until now everything has been fine."
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Albert's father gives him a compass and he becomes fascinated with it. He decides to study as much science as he can.
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He is expelled for asking too many questions the teachers couldn't answer.
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Albert graduates from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School.
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Albert's first paper was called "Conclusions Drawn from the Capillarity Phenomena." His theories later turned out to be wrong, but it was still an important milestone in his life.
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Albert is employed in the Swiss city of Bern. He had a hard time finding a job because he didn't do well in college.
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Albert marries fellow student Mileva. Mileva was the only female at Polytechnic. She wanted to be a teacher and a contributor to physics.
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Albert published a paper about the way light behaves called the "photoelectric effect".
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Albert published a paper that discussed the way particles move within different situations that surround them.
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The third paper introduced to the world became known as "Theory of Special Relativity".
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The idea in this paper became Albert's most well-known equation; E=mc2.
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Albert earns a PhD from the University of Zurich.
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After several years of teaching, he is offered the director position at a new institute.
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Albert divorces Mileva and marries Elsa Lowenthal the same year.
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Albert wins the prize for his general contributions to physics but specifically for his work on the "photoelectric effect".
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The Nazis froze Albert's bank account and seized his property. Fearing for his safety, he flees to England, and finally to New Jersey.
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Albert tells Roosevelt that Hitler is developing an atomic bomb, and urged Roosevelt to make it first. He later regrets this, because he hated war.
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Albert enjoyed the freedom of speech in the US and focused on his work.
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Israel thought Einstein was the most famous Jew and thought it would be good publicity for Israel. Albert declined because he didn't want to leave Princeton and was geared more to science.
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In 1948 Albert had a surgery to treat an aneurysm. On April 15, 1955, the reinforcement of that aneurysm gave out and led to severe internal bleeding. He refused the surgery required and died at 76.