Highlights of the Life of Albert Einstein
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Born in Ulm, Germany to Hermann Einstein (a featherbed salesman) and his wife Pauline.Stays on in Munich to finish the school year after his parents move to Pavia, Italy.
Lasts only one term on his own and then follows his family to Italy.He renounces his German citizenship, graduates from high school in the Swiss town of Aarau at age 17 and
enrolls at the ETH (the Federal Polytechnic School) in Zurich, where he completes his studies in 1900.Graduates from the ETH.Marries Maric in January.Publishes, at age 26, five groundbreaking papers, making this his "annus mirabilis," or miracle year. One of the
papers introduces his special theory of relativity and another E = mc2. Receives a PhD from the University of ZurichLeaves his job in the patent office. Obtains a post as associate lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of ZurichMoves with his family to Zurich, where he becomes a professor of theoretical physics at the ETH.Becomes director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin and professor of theoretical physics at the University of Berlin. Maric and the children move
there in April, but they return to Zurich after three months. Divorce proceedings begin. In August, World War I beginsCompletes and begins publications on the general theory of relativity.Collapses from exhaustion and falls seriously ill. Nursed back to health by his cousin Elsa Löwenthal. Publishes his first paper on cosmology.Divorces Mileva and marries Elsa. On May 29, Solar eclipse confirms Einstein's predictions on the deflection of light rays. Remarkable jump to world fameBegins pursuing his idea of a unified field theory. Diagnosed with a heart condition.Elsa dies after a brief illness.Outbreak of World War II. Einstein signs letter to President Roosevelt warning of the threat to the world of Germany's manufacturing an atom bombWith Bertrand Russell, draws up a manifesto against the nuclear threat. On 18 April, Einstein dies at Princeton hospital as the result of a burst aortic aneurysm in the abdominal aorta.Periods
He moves with his family to MunichAttends a Catholic school
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