Albert Einstein Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Albert Einstein
Place of birth:
Ulm, Germany
Astrology Sign:
Aries
Height:
5' 9" (1.76 m)
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Biography
Few people are ever deemed stupid and grow up to win the Nobel Prize. In fact, as far as history tells us, there was only one. Albert Einstein was not only a mathematical genius that brought about change to every field he touched, but he was also one of the most celebrated people in American history for his humility and for everything inside his head.
Albert may not have been his school teachers' first choice for student of the year, but he clearly pushed aside the criticism of others and took into stride a vision of himself and a vision of how he, one man with one brain, however small or large, perfect or imperfect, could change the world.
Born on the 14 March 1879, in Ulm, Germany, Albert was thought to be retarded, early on in life, because he did not speak until the age of three. Further progression into his childhood, left him with teachers and schoolmates believing that he was stupid.
Albert's big break came after many years of teaching and study, when World War II forced him to move to the United States. When he left Germany for the last time in 1933, the Nazis put a price on his head of 20,000 marks, which is probably why did not return to Germany very many times in his life, even after the NAZI party had been disbanded and the war was over.
It was during this period in his life that Albert came up with some of his most fascinating theories and some of his most famous discoveries, such as the Photoelectric Effect (for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921), his theory of relativity and e=mc2 which actually means Energy=Mass times the velocity of light squared.
Throughout his life and beyond, Albert received some of the highest honors a man can achieve, including the Nobel Prize, immortalization through two US stamps-the 8-cent stamp in the Prominent American Series of 1966 and the 15-cent stamp celebrating the centennial of his own birth in 1979, and has been etched into Physics history forever with his own element, Einsteinium. Albert was once even offered the Presidency of Israel-probably a result of his helping the found the Hebrew University, although not a result of his non-secular and eventually non-religious way of life-but he declined because he had no desire to be politically, socially or ceremonially important in Israel or anywhere-a feat he did not achieve, now being one of the most important figures in the history of the world.
In December 1999, Time Magazine honored Albert, or perhaps the next generation of his family, by naming him the Most Important Person of the Century.
Albert was married twice, once to Mileva Maric (a fellow science aficionado with whom he had three children) and then to Elsa Lowenthal (his cousin with whom he had two children) whose premature death ended their marriage.
Albert died on the 18 April 1955, in New Jersey due to heart failure. After his death, he was autopsied and a physical abnormality was found in his brain, which is now kept in a jar in a secured laboratory in Kansas for safekeeping.
Albert may not have been his school teachers' first choice for student of the year, but he clearly pushed aside the criticism of others and took into stride a vision of himself and a vision of how he, one man with one brain, however small or large, perfect or imperfect, could change the world.
Born on the 14 March 1879, in Ulm, Germany, Albert was thought to be retarded, early on in life, because he did not speak until the age of three. Further progression into his childhood, left him with teachers and schoolmates believing that he was stupid.
Albert's big break came after many years of teaching and study, when World War II forced him to move to the United States. When he left Germany for the last time in 1933, the Nazis put a price on his head of 20,000 marks, which is probably why did not return to Germany very many times in his life, even after the NAZI party had been disbanded and the war was over.
It was during this period in his life that Albert came up with some of his most fascinating theories and some of his most famous discoveries, such as the Photoelectric Effect (for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921), his theory of relativity and e=mc2 which actually means Energy=Mass times the velocity of light squared.
Throughout his life and beyond, Albert received some of the highest honors a man can achieve, including the Nobel Prize, immortalization through two US stamps-the 8-cent stamp in the Prominent American Series of 1966 and the 15-cent stamp celebrating the centennial of his own birth in 1979, and has been etched into Physics history forever with his own element, Einsteinium. Albert was once even offered the Presidency of Israel-probably a result of his helping the found the Hebrew University, although not a result of his non-secular and eventually non-religious way of life-but he declined because he had no desire to be politically, socially or ceremonially important in Israel or anywhere-a feat he did not achieve, now being one of the most important figures in the history of the world.
In December 1999, Time Magazine honored Albert, or perhaps the next generation of his family, by naming him the Most Important Person of the Century.
Albert was married twice, once to Mileva Maric (a fellow science aficionado with whom he had three children) and then to Elsa Lowenthal (his cousin with whom he had two children) whose premature death ended their marriage.
Albert died on the 18 April 1955, in New Jersey due to heart failure. After his death, he was autopsied and a physical abnormality was found in his brain, which is now kept in a jar in a secured laboratory in Kansas for safekeeping.