Biography of Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein

Alex Lau (13) Y.5B

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists that has ever lived. He had made many contributions to the science, but he is best known for his theory of relativity. In addition, his work on matter and energy helped start the nuclear age. Follow Einstein's life story, from his childhood in Munich, Germany, through his university positions in Switzerland and Germany, to his final years in Princeton. Find out how Einstein's work changed the world and how it still affects us today. It has profoundly changed our understanding of the world with his theories

In the early years, Einstein lived in Munich and Milan, continued his studies at the cantonal school at Aarau, Switzerland, and was graduated in 1900 from the Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich. Later he became a Swiss citizen and worked as an examiner in 1902 to 1909 at the patent office, Bern. During worked in Bern he obtained his doctorate in 1905 at the University of Zürich, evolved the special theory of relativity, explained the photoelectric effect, and studied the motion of atoms. All these were supported his explanation of Brownian movement.