Albert Einstein-Genius Physicist

Albert Einstein:


Profession: Theoretical Physicist
Nationality: German
Born: March 14, 1879
Birthplace: Ulm, German EmpireStar Sign: Pisces
Cause of Death: Abdominal aortic aneurysm

Died: April 18, 1955 (aged 76) Princeton, New Jersey, US 

Why Famous: 
A Jewish-born German, later naturalized as a US citizen, Einstein became the most influential physicist of the 20th century.
He developed his special theory of relativity in response to problems he saw with Newtonian mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2 has been called the "the world's most famous equation".
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 and later warned President Roosevelt of the dangers of bombs being developed, later protesting against their use as weapons.

Events in the Life of Albert Einstein:
  1. 1905-03-17 Albert Einstein finishes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum Theory of Light, one of the foundations of modern physics
  2. 1905-07-01 Albert Einstein introduces his theory of special relativity
  3. 1905-09-27 The physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
  4. 1908-11-14 Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
  5. 1919-05-29 Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity, that when light passes a large body, gravity will bend the rays confirmed by Arthur Eddington's expedition to photograph a solar eclipse on the island of Principe, West Africa
  6. 1921-04-02 Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new "Theory of Relativity"
  7. 1923-07-29 Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin
  8. 1930-11-11 Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard for their invention of the Einstein refrigerator
  9. 1932-12-05 German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa to enter America
  10. 1933-10-17 Albert Einstein arrives in US as a refugee from Nazi Germany
  11. 1939-10-11 Albert Einstein informs FDR of the possibilities of an atomic bomb
  12. 1950-02-12 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
  13. 1953-03-30 Albert Einstein announces revised unified field theory
  14. 1955-07-09 The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London on the need to avoid nuclear war
  15. 1995-06-05 The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created
  16. 2017-10-24 Albert Einstein's "Theory of Happiness", written as a note for a bellboy instead of a tip in Tokyo in 1922 sells for $1.56 million
  17. 2018-07-26 Observation of a black hole by The Very Large Telescope in Chile proves Albert Einstein's prediction of "gravitational redshift", published in "Journal Astronomy & Astrophysics"
  18. 2018-12-05 Letter by Albert Einstein from 1954 on concept of religion sells for $2.9 million at Christie's in New York
Words of Wisdom:


"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from that of their social environment."

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

"Any fool can know. The point is to understand."

"Imagination is the highest form of research."

"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

"I salute the man who is going through life always helpful, knowing no fear, and to whom aggressiveness and resentment are alien."

"A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness."

"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."

"All I have is the stubbornness of a mule; no, that’s quite all, I also have a nose."

"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed."

"The search for truth is more precious than its possession."


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