albert einstein
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BIRTH -
MARCH 14TH 1879 ULM, WUTTERNBURG , GERMANY
HOUSE OF EINSTEIN IN ULM
WAS BORN TO HERMANN
AND PAULINE EINSTEIN
AS A CHILD EINSTEIN WAS SLOW TO LEARN AND SPEAK
EINSTEIN SUFFERED FROM DYSLEXIA
BIRTH -Continued-
WAS GIFTED A COMPASS BY HIS FATHER
WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE NEEDLE ALWAYS POINTED NORTH
HENCE FORTH STARTED OBSERVING ALMOST EVERYTHING IN HIS SURROUNDINGS.
ALMA MATER
EINSTEIN BEGAN SCHOOLING AT LUITPOLD GYMNASIUM AT THE AGE OF 10
EXCELLED ONLY IN
MATHEMATICS AND LATIN
FAVORITE SUBJECTS
WERE PHILOSOPHY AND GEOMETRY
LUIDPOLD GYMNASIUM
EINSTEIN’S SCHOOL PHOTO
EINSTEIN
ALMA MATER
ETH ZURIC UNIVERSITY HE GRADUATED
FROM ETH ZURICH UNIVERSITY IN SWITZERLAND IN 1900.
Continued-
AFTER WHICH HE RELINQUISHED HIS GERMAN CITIZENSHIP AND BECAME A SWISS CITIZEN
CAREER – ACCEPTED A POSITION AS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT IN THE SWISS PATENT OFFICE.
IN 1905 HE OBTAINED HIS DOCTOR'S DEGREE.
RETIRED FROM HIS POST OF PROFESSOR AT THEORETICAL PHYSICS AT PRINCETON IN 1945
EINSTEIN IN BERN PATENT OFFICE IN 1921
AFTER WORLD WAR II -
BECAME A LEADING FIGURE IN WORLD GOVERNMENT MOVEMENT
DECLINED THE OFFER OF
PRESIDENCY OF ISRAEL
EVEN AFTER RETIREMENT CONTINUED
TO WORK TOWARDS THE UNIFICATION OF THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF PHYSICS
ACHIEVEMENTS -
RECEIVED HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREES IN SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND PHILOSOPHY FROM MANY EUROPEAN & AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
WAS AWARDED FELLOWSHIPS OR MEMBERSHIPS OF ALL THE LEADING SCIENTIFIC ACADEMIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS
IN 1921 FOR THEORY OF RELATIVITY
LEISURE -
LOVED NATURE AND WALKED AROUND THE TOWN
LOVED MUSIC AND NEVER
GAVE UP HIS VIOLIN
LOVED TRAVELLING AND
TRAVELLED ACROSS FOUR CONTINENTS
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