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March 14 1879 in Germany Albert
Einstein’s early scientific interest can
be traced to a simple compass he was
shown at the age of five which prompted
him to wonder what controlled its
movement by age ten he was given
important readings in mathematics
science and philosophy to nurture his
talents while at school I Stein excelled
in certain subjects though his boredom
made him appear lazy too many of his
teachers upon graduating at the turn of
the 20th century Einstein unsuccessfully
sought a teaching job instead he
eventually secured employment at a Swiss
Patent Office which allowed him enough
spare time to continue his scientific
research and studies his work there
centered on electromagnetic devices and
this greatly influenced his later ideas
and theories 1905 was a huge year in
Einsteins career and it has since been
labeled his annus mirabilis or miracle
year it was the year the scientific
community took notice he was awarded his
PhD by the University of Zurich and
published four landmark papers during
that period these papers went on to
build the foundation of physics and
alter the accepted perceptions of space
time and matter this was also when he
introduced the most famous equation of
the 20th century e equals mc-squared in
reference to the relationship between
the mass and energy of a certain object
within three years
Einstein’s reputation as a foremost
scientist helped him become a university
lecturer soon after he quit that and his
job as a patent clerk to rise through
the ranks and become a full professor
which he achieved in 1911 he continued
within the world of academia and in 1919
he became world famous when a theory he
had put forth years earlier was
effectively proven
his general theory of relativity further
explained the forces of gravity and made
him a successor to Isaac Newton in the
world of physics in 1921 Einstein was
honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics
for his explanation of the photoelectric
effect of quantum mechanics which helped
clarify the nature of light he was
subsequently treated as a veritable
celebrity on his travels around the
world and throngs of fans gathered to
hear him speak his fame allowed him to
help further his social and political
beliefs however his status as a Jew made
him a target for the rising Nazi Party
by 1933 he was no longer able to teach
in Germany his works were being burned
and he was even targeted for
assassination a well-known pacifist with
Zionist beliefs Einstein decided to move
to the United States that year and
settled at New Jersey’s Institute for
Advanced Study in 1939 Einstein went
against his pacifist leanings to alert
the American government to the
possibility that Hitler and his forces
were creating nuclear weapons initially
skeptical President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt eventually conceded and the
Manhattan Project materialized this was
the mission that saw the development of
the first atomic bomb the next year
Einstein became an American citizen he
was also a prominent member of the
n-double a-c-p
or National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People and was
part of the battle for civil rights in
the u.s. in 1952 as one of the world’s
most prominent Jews Einstein was
approached by the Israeli premier to
become the second president of the newly
formed State of Israel he declined
claiming he lacked the people skills
necessary for the job
Einstein’s later years were spent trying
to discover a unified field theory that
would explain the basic forces of nature
and the universe in one framework or
essentially a theory of everything
however he was unable to do so before
his death on April 18 1955 from internal
bleeding caused by an abdominal aortic
he worked tirelessly until the end of
his life and even brought with him a
speech to finish on his final hospital
trip Albert Einstein is not only
remembered as one of the fathers of
modern physics and perhaps the most
famous scientist of the 20th century but
also as an unpretentious genius who
never lost his childlike sense of wonder
important than knowledge welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the life and
accomplishments of Albert Einstein born
March 14 1879 in Germany Albert
Einstein’s early scientific interest can
be traced to a simple compass he was
shown at the age of five which prompted
him to wonder what controlled its
movement by age ten he was given
important readings in mathematics
science and philosophy to nurture his
talents while at school I Stein excelled
in certain subjects though his boredom
made him appear lazy too many of his
teachers upon graduating at the turn of
the 20th century Einstein unsuccessfully
sought a teaching job instead he
eventually secured employment at a Swiss
Patent Office which allowed him enough
spare time to continue his scientific
research and studies his work there
centered on electromagnetic devices and
this greatly influenced his later ideas
and theories 1905 was a huge year in
Einsteins career and it has since been
labeled his annus mirabilis or miracle
year it was the year the scientific
community took notice he was awarded his
PhD by the University of Zurich and
published four landmark papers during
that period these papers went on to
build the foundation of physics and
alter the accepted perceptions of space
time and matter this was also when he
introduced the most famous equation of
the 20th century e equals mc-squared in
reference to the relationship between
the mass and energy of a certain object
within three years
Einstein’s reputation as a foremost
scientist helped him become a university
lecturer soon after he quit that and his
job as a patent clerk to rise through
the ranks and become a full professor
which he achieved in 1911 he continued
within the world of academia and in 1919
he became world famous when a theory he
had put forth years earlier was
effectively proven
his general theory of relativity further
explained the forces of gravity and made
him a successor to Isaac Newton in the
world of physics in 1921 Einstein was
honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics
for his explanation of the photoelectric
effect of quantum mechanics which helped
clarify the nature of light he was
subsequently treated as a veritable
celebrity on his travels around the
world and throngs of fans gathered to
hear him speak his fame allowed him to
help further his social and political
beliefs however his status as a Jew made
him a target for the rising Nazi Party
by 1933 he was no longer able to teach
in Germany his works were being burned
and he was even targeted for
assassination a well-known pacifist with
Zionist beliefs Einstein decided to move
to the United States that year and
settled at New Jersey’s Institute for
Advanced Study in 1939 Einstein went
against his pacifist leanings to alert
the American government to the
possibility that Hitler and his forces
were creating nuclear weapons initially
skeptical President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt eventually conceded and the
Manhattan Project materialized this was
the mission that saw the development of
the first atomic bomb the next year
Einstein became an American citizen he
was also a prominent member of the
n-double a-c-p
or National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People and was
part of the battle for civil rights in
the u.s. in 1952 as one of the world’s
most prominent Jews Einstein was
approached by the Israeli premier to
become the second president of the newly
formed State of Israel he declined
claiming he lacked the people skills
necessary for the job
Einstein’s later years were spent trying
to discover a unified field theory that
would explain the basic forces of nature
and the universe in one framework or
essentially a theory of everything
however he was unable to do so before
his death on April 18 1955 from internal
bleeding caused by an abdominal aortic
he worked tirelessly until the end of
his life and even brought with him a
speech to finish on his final hospital
trip Albert Einstein is not only
remembered as one of the fathers of
modern physics and perhaps the most
famous scientist of the 20th century but
also as an unpretentious genius who
never lost his childlike sense of wonder
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