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Birth of relativity
This timeline starts on March 14, 1879 when Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany. His parents were Hermann and Pauline Einstein -
Sister born
His sister Maja (Maria) is born -
True North
The Compass - When he was only five years old his father showed Albert a pocket compass and he was fascinated by the thought that something unseen was moving the needle -
Friendly advice
Albert Einstein is introduced to a family friend called Max Talmud who introduced the boy to books on science and mathematics. Albert starts his quest for facts and information available about the sciences. He attends the Luitpold-Gymnasium in Munich for the next six years -
Graduation
Einstein graduates in 1900 from ETH with a degree in physics -
Wedding Bells
Albert meets and falls in love with Mileva Maric, a Hungarian classmate at the ETH -
Everything is relative
His Special Theory of Relativity is born and he applies his theory to mass and energy and formulates the famous equation e=mc2. Einstein has four papers published in the Annalen der Physik, the leading German physics journal. 1905 is known as Einstein's "Wonderful Year".
