All About Albert Einstein

The Childhood of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany and he died April 18, 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey at age 76. Einstein grew up with middle class Jew parents, along with his younger sister Maria. His parents were Hermann Einstein and Pauline Koch. Einstein's father was a featherbed salesmen, along with running an electrochemical factory and his mother tended their house while caring for Einstein and his little sister. Einstein's fathers business failed and their whole family moved to Munich. Growing up Einstein had difficulties in learning how to talk. Many children picked on Albert during school. Albert also loved thinking about things that were abnormal. Albert preferred to play by himself rather than with other boys his age and he enjoyed challenging himself with everything he did.

Einstein's Biggest Accomplishments

Year	Accomplishments
1905	Special Theory of Relativity
1905	Quantum Theory of Light
1905	Brownian Movement
1921	Nobel Prize in Physics

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10 Fun Facts About Albert Einstein

1. Young Einstein had a hard time speaking
2. Einstein was a hard-headed child
3. A compass sparked his interest in science
4. He urged the US to build an atomic bomb
5. Einstein did not pass his college entrance exam
6. He was a talented violinist
7. Einstein had three nationalities
8. Einstein's brain is conserved and has been and is the object of multiple studies
9. He could have been Israel's second president
10. He loathed science fiction

Einstein's Impact on the Future

• Changed physics and ideas about space and time
• His ideas revealed the source of a star's power
• Led to the discovery of neutron stars and black holes
• He laid the foundation for modern technology, including lasers and computer chips

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How Einstein Changed the World

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