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Born in 1879 in Württemberg, on 14 March
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Albert Einstein
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In 1895, at age 16, he wrote his first scientific test: On the investigation of the state of the ether in a magnetic field.
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He graduated from the Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich in 1900 as professor of mathematics and physics
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In 1901 he obtained Swiss citizenship.
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In 1905 he published his Special Theory of Relativity
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He received his doctorate in 1905 at ETHZ, Federal Institute of Technology.
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In 1915 he presented his General Theory of Relativity
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He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect and his many contributions to theoretical physics, and the theory of relativity.
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Einstein went to Germany in December 1932 due to the rise of Nazism.
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American nationalized in 1940
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He died in 1955 in New Jersey, on April 18