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Date of his birth
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in the Kingdom of Württemberg in the German Empire on 14 March 1879.
His father, Hermann Einstein, was engaged in the grain trade, however, his mother, Pauline Koch, was not working, but was engaged in educating their children. When Albert was small, he had great difficulty in communication and did not begin to speak until he was 3 years old. -
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Early school
In 1882, when he started school, he did not join the other children. He only allowed his sister, Maya Einstein (The child of the image), to be with him. -
Secondary studies
In 1888, he began teaching the second Luitpold. Albert got good grades in all subjects, but especially in the Natural Sciences and in Algebra. -
Early adolescence
When he was 15, in 1895, he started having big problems at school because of his contrary opinion with military discipline being taught.
His uncle, Jacob Einstein, a renowned engineer, Albert proposed to work with him in his laboratory, which motivated him, but also made to leave school aside.
Later, Albert Einstein tried to enroll at the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich, where he was not accepted by not having completed high school. -
The continuation of his adolescence
In 1896, aged 16, managed to have the graduate, but could not begin to study at the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich before passing military service. -
End of his adolescence
In late 1897 he joined the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich Zurich. -
Graduation year
In 1900, with 20 years, he graduated. -
Work and marriage
In 1902, he was offered work at the Federal Office of Intellectual Property of Switzerland, in Bern, where he worked until 1909. During these years he married Mileva Marić and had three children with her. -
His most famous theory
In 1905, he published his most famous theory, the theory of relativity, which says that energy equals mass and speed of light is constant. -
Early career as a teacher
In 1909, he began his teaching career at the University of Zurich, which was followed by Prague and Berlin. -
Influence of his life for lightning War.
In 1914, war came and Albert had to stay in Berlin for sixteen years as director of the physics section of the Institute of Physics. -
Improvements of his theory
For two years, he focused on improving his famous theory, so in 1916, he published the general theory of Relativity. -
His new wife
In 1919 he divorced Mileva, and four months later married his cousin Elsa. -
His popularity in Germany
In 1920, Einstein began to be popular in Germany. Many of the Nazis began to discredit his theories for being Jewish. -
Back to America
In 1932, Einstein decided to return to America. There he taught physics at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Physics. -
His attempts to help
In 1939, Albert helped the US government, warning that Germany was able to drop atomic bombs, but his contribution made by the Government of the United States launched the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Albert did not want more bombs, but their proposals were rejected by politics. -
Date of his death
He died on April 18, 1955 at Princeton, New Jersey. He died because of internal bleeding caused by a ruptured aortic aneurysm.
