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Birth of A Genius
Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Germany to Hermann and Pauline Einstein. He was born with an enlarged bone in his neck, giving him a square-shaped head. He and his family move to Munich the following year -
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The Life and Times of a Genius
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Sister Maja is born.
Einstein's loving sister Maja was born in Munich, Berlin. She and her brother were close growing up, but after she and her parents moved to Milan and left Albert behind with a freinds family to finish school, they grew increasingly apart. -
The Invisible Force
A 5 year old Einstein was given a compass by his father Hermann. Albert was fascinated by the unseen force that would point in the same direction no matter where he moved the compass. -
More school?
Einstein enrolled at a school in Aauru, Switzerland. He preffered this over the strict Berlin schools his mother made him attend. -
Einstein hated school?!?
Einstein dropped out of High School and never recieved his diploma. He loved math and science, especially algebra. He did poorly in his other studies, and played the violin. -
In Polytechnic at Last
After making 2 attempts at acceptance, a young- adult Albert Einstein begins his college schooling at Swiss Zurich Polytechnic, a very prestige college in Zurich, Switzerland. -
Einstein? A patent clerk?!?
Einstein started a job as a patent clerk on this date. He is now living in Switzerland, and has a salary of about 3,500 swiss francs. The position he held was Technical Expert Third Class. -
Together for Ever!
Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric were married after Hermann Einstein had given his blessing on his deathbead. They are married and have 1 kid who Einstein never met. -
E=mc2 discovered!
Einstein discovered his famous E=Mc2 theory of relativity. In this he theorized that Energy equals mass multiplied by c2, the speed of light squared. -
Einstein marrys his cousin. Wait, what?
Albert and his cousin Elsa wed soon after he seperated from Mileva. They had 2 children, Hans Albert and Eduard, the latter of the two eventually being admitted to an asylum for schizophrenia. -
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
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Nobel Prize Winning Physicist
Einstein is known for his theory of relativity (E=mc2), but suprisingly, he didn't win a Nobel Prize for that theory. He won it for his research on the photoelectric effect, succesfully proving that light is bent by gravity. -
Bose-Einstein Condesate Discovered
The Bose-Einstein Condesate was discovered by Dr. Satyendra Bose and Albert Einstein in 1925. It was a prediction proved correct after various experiments at different locations. -
The Birth of the Manhattan Project
On this day Einstein sent a letter to FDR implying that a weapon of mass destruction could be created and used to win World War II. The theory E=mc2 was used, not by Einstein, being a pacifist, but by other scientists to create 2 Atom bombs. -
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World War II
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Free at last, free at last!
Einstein became a U.S. Citizen in New York, NY. He became a US citizen not only to accel in his scientific research, but also to avoid the rising predigous against the Jewish people in Europe. -
"Little Boy" Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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"I will go elegantly"
Dr. Albert Einstein passed away at his home, after saying these words to his caretaker. Odd enough, The person who did his autopsy embalmed his brain and kept it with him. It is said that the part of the brain good with math was oddly enlarged.
