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Albert Einstein's life

By Lily.wang

  • Birth

    A.Einstein was born in Wurttemberg, German Empire

  • Becomes fascinated with physics

    Sees a compass and become fascinated with physics

  • First scientific paper

    Write his first scientific paper at 15

  • Fails college entrance exam

  • Gets into college

    Never shows up to class

  • Renoncement to German citizenship

    He renounces his German citizenship for the swiss' (obtains it in 1901)

  • Graduation

    Graduate with a degree in mathematics and physics. Fails to get a job as a teacher in an university.

  • Gets a job at the swiss patent office

    Struggles financially.

  • Marries Mileva Maric

    Birth of their son one year later.

  • Annus mirabilis

    Einstein's miraculous year:
    -quantum theory of light
    -proved existence of atoms
    -theory of relativity
    -E=mc²

  • Doctorate at the Bern university

  • Begins publications on the general theory of relativity

  • Divorce with Mileva and marriage with Elsa Loewenthal

    Divorce with Mileva and marriage with Elsa Loewenthal

    He divorces Mileva and marries Elsa Loewenthal, his cousin.

  • Confirmation of predictions on the deflection of light rays

    Solar eclipse confirms Einstein's predictions on the deflection of light rays. Jump to world fame.

  • First visit in the US

    Visits US for first time with Chaim Weizmann

  • Nobel prize for Physics

    Awarded 1921 Nobel prize for Physics.

  • Member of the League of Nations' Committee

    Becomes member of the League of Nations' Committee on Intellectual Co-operation.

  • Diagnosed with a heart condition

  • Hitler gains power in Germany, anti-Semitism intensifies

  • Take flight in Princeton

    Einstein and his family flee to Princeton, USA.

  • Elsa's death

  • World War II, warns of the atom bomb's threat

    Outbreak of World War II. Einstein signs letter to President Roosevelt warning of the threat to the world of Germany's manufacturing an atom bomb.

  • Takes americain citizenship

  • Chairs the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists.

    Continues his campaign against re-armament and in favour of a world government.

  • Manifesto against the nuclear threat.

    With Bertrand Russell, draws up a manifesto against the nuclear threat.

  • Death

    Einstein dies at Princeton hospital as the result of a burst aortic aneurysm in the abdominal aorta. He was cremated and his ashes scattered into the Delaware River.