Albert Einstein: His Life

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Albert Einstein His Life
1879-1955
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• Born 1879 in Germany to a middle class Jewish
  family.
• At the age of 15, Einstein quit high school.
• Later entered the Federal Institute of Technology
  in Zurich.
• Einstein graduated from Zurich Polytechnic in
  1900.

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• While in school, he met and fell in love with
  Mileva
• 1902 - They had a daughter
• 1902 marries Mileva

• They had two sons
• Hans Albert, becomes an engineer and professor
• Eduard, had schizophrenia
• They divorced in 1919

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1905 The Miraculous Year
"A storm broke loose in my mind."

• At 26, Einstein wrote three fundamental physics
  papers
• The Photoelectric Effect
• Brownian Motion and Atoms
• Special Relativity, E mc2

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The Photoelectric Effect
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Brownian Motion and Atoms
"... The physical theory of Brownian motion ended
the skepticism about the existence of atoms and
molecules as actual physical entities."

• Realized Brownian Motion was caused by movement
  of molecules
• His work helped prove the existence of the atom

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Special Relativity Twin Paradox

• Speed of light is constant.
• Time and distance are able to change.

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Special Relativity E m c2

• The speed of light is constant
• A huge amount of energy can be produced from a
  small amount of mass

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• In 1909, he became an assistant professor at the
  University of Zurich.
• In 1914 Einstein moved to Berlin and became a
  professor at the University of Berlin.

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• 1915- completed his General Theory of Relativity
• From 1916-1925, Einstein worked on research that
  aided in the invention of the laser.
• 1919 an eclipse helped prove his theory of
  general relativity which led to his worldwide fame

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Einsteins Second Wife

• In 1919, Einstein left his wife and children and
  married his distant cousin, Elsa.

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• In 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
  for his work with the Photoelectric Effect.

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• 1932 appointed professor at Institute of Advanced
  Study at Princeton
• 1933 Nazis come to power in Germany
• Einstein moves to Princeton, NJ

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FATHER OF ATOMIC ENERGY

• 1939 - Writes letter of Pres. Roosevelt warning
  of possibility of German atomic bomb
• 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Einstein The Pacifist

• Fearing use of the atomic bomb again, he used his
  fame to speak out in support of worldwide peace

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• For the last thirty years of his life, Einstein
  worked on finding a unified field theory.

• On April 18, 1955 he died in Princeton, New
  Jersey.

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• Scientists are still working to find the unified
  field theory today.