G.+Albert+Einstein



Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany. He grew up learning in Munich, Germany, but he was a very poor student, and even sometimes thought to have been mentally handicapped due to his terrible grades and being unable to speak fluently. Albert only was fascinated by the laws of nature, the violin and mathematics including geometry and calculus. Einstein luckily got into the Federal Institute of Technology where he studied physics. Though he graduated, he was only hired as an inspector in the patent office in Bern, Switzerland as he was not regarded highly by his professors. Coincidentally, Albert completed the requirements for his doctoral degree and wrote the first of his revolutionary scientific papers in Bern (Encyclopedia of World Biography: Albert Einstein).

Albert Einstein is known for his revolutionary scientific papers. His first paper he explained Brownian movement, which is the zigzag motion of particles in a suspension and random molecules of the suspension bouncing off these particles. In his second paper, Einstein proposed that light is composed of photons which exhibit properties of both particles and waves and explained the photoelectric effect, or the emission of electrons from solids when struck by light (Hub Pages: Albert Einstein). In his most famous paper “The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies” he presented the theory of relativity, along with the equation E=mc² which means energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. This brought a new conception about time, space, mass, motion and gravity and show that time and space are not absolutes (Vujovic 1). Albert Einstein’s work transcended human knowledge significantly and brought him the title as one of the most important and brilliant minded scientists ever.