Albert EinsteinBY. Jennifer Corral

Background

• Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany in 1879

• At ten years old he settled into a self educated program where he began his readings and interest in science

Background

Einstein Graduated high school by the age of seventeen

He went to ETH (the Federal Polytechnic School) in Zurich

Background

In 1903 he marries his wife, Maric By 1904 she gives birth to Einstein’s

first born, Hans Albert then in 1910 they have another son, Eduard

Career

In 1909 Albert was made professor of physics at the University of Zurich

There he received his PH.D

Theories

In 1905 he got his first “Thought Experiment” he came up with a theory stating light was constant

Einstein's light theory was so unsettling that his theory was not accepted until two decades later

Theory/Accomplishments

Albert Einstein Fundamental idea of Relativity is one of the most scientific advances of our times.

Einstein’s major contribution to this theory was the recognition that the speed of light in a vacuum is constant.

Accomplishemnts

In 1905 Albert published several scientific papers in a German Scientific Magazines

They were considered one of the most important scientific papers in history. It was called Einstein’s special theory of relativity.

Accomplishments

By the age of twenty six he introduced his famous “E=mc2” theory

In 1922 he was awarded a Noble Prize in physics for 1921

End

At the age of 76 on April 18, 1955 Albert Einstein died of heart failure

Albert Einstein was one of best theoretical physicist, scientists and philosophers of all times, he is known as the father of modern physics.